60 - We were both adopted and now we’re adopting siblings

Adoption, Fostering & Tea: The New Family Social Podcast

Ash and John talk about adoption journey, having both been adopted themselves. Ash explains how he was adopted and has no details of his birth family. John tells how he was given up for adoption after his birth mother was sexually assaulted. John and his older half-brother were adopted together. John tells how his foster family made introductions difficult, but his mother was determined to adopt him and his brother. Ash shares how in the culture he was raised, adoption wasn’t spoken about, but his extended family all knew that he and his sister were adopted.