4. Kathryn: Together, at last

10/05/23 • 39 min

In 1980, a journalist tracks down Joan and Kathryn's adoption papers. Effie tries to contact Joan by phone, but Joan tells her she will not be allowed to speak to her again. Years go by. And then it is Kathryn who decides to search for a family in Greece. She travels to Athens and meets with Effie. Joan is still kept in the dark. Her husband David Sr says she wanted nothing to do with her past.

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Born Greek - Made American is a co-production of Melon Media and iMEdD.

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Born Greek - Made American is a co-production of Melon Media and iMEdD.

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Joan and Kathryn were adopted from Greece in 1955 under strange circumstances.

Years later, Joan’s son David discovers an unbelievable secret. His grandfather was a high profile communist who was executed by the Greek state. And there is also another sister, who still lives in Greece. Her name is Effie and she has been looking for Joan and Kathryn her whole life since the three of them were forcefully separated by the police.

Joan and Kathryn were part of an international adoption scandal that sent thousands of Greek babies to America during the Cold War years.

Join journalist Katerina Bakogianni as she tries to unravel what exactly happened.

In the process she will speak to family members in Greece and the U.S., childhood friends, professors of history and a former CIA agent. She will also take a long look at the complex relationship of dominance and submission between Greece and America.

Cover design by MADHOT.

Born Greek - Made American is a co-production of Melon Media and iMEdD.

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