Adoption Reunion in Australia: Felicity Lawson
About this episode
Felicity Lawson shares her journey of searching for and reuniting with her biological parents, reflecting on the complexities of adoption reunion in Australia.
Felicity Lawson is an adopted person born at Hornsby Hospital, NSW in 1975. Over the past 32 years, she has searched for and reunited with both her mother and father - a long and complex journey marked by hope, heartbreak, and identity shifts. In this episode of Adopt Perspective , Felicity shares her lived experience of adoption reunion in Australia, reflecting on growing up adopted, navigating adoptive family dynamics, and the emotional realities of searching for biological parents. We also explore the broader legacy of the Forced Adoption Era (1940s–1980s) and the ripple effects of reunion - not just for adopted people, but for mothers, fathers, adoptive parents, siblings, partners and extended family members. Felicity is currently writing a resource book focused on adoption reunion in Australia, documenting lived experiences across the adoption community. In this conversation, she shares what reunion has taught her and how others can contribute to this important project. To find out more, you can email Felicity at adoptionreunion@outlook.com. If you are an adopted person, parent of loss, adoptive parent, sibling or child of an adopted person, or someone navigating search and…
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