123 – I Have Room In My Heart And My Life

05/30/20 • 34 min

Michelle, who lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, shared her story of growing up in the care of a workaholic mom in a family that she didn’t look like at all. After moving from Hawaii to Africa, then back to the states, Michelle finally decided to search for herself, and therefor her biological family. After a random layover in the south, she met her birth mother and siblings, found her birth father through DNA, but can’t boast of a strong relationship with either biological parent. Still she’s thankful for having gotten confirmation from her search. This is Michelle’s journey...

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Who Am I Really? - 123 – I Have Room In My Heart And My Life

Transcript

Michelle (00:04):

Once he acknowledged me. I felt like, like these strings kind of loosen around my heart. I was like, gosh, I feel like that's really, really, really what I needed. And just to say, yes, it's true. You are half of my DNA.

New Speaker (00:34):

Who am I? Who am I? Who am I? Who am I?

Damon (00:44):

This is who am I really a podcast about adoptees that have located and connected with their biological family members. I'm Damon Davis and on today'