How Adoption Echoes Across Generations | Rachel Tham's Story
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Rachel Tham uncovers her family's hidden history and the intergenerational impacts of adoption in a conversation with Dr Jo-Ann Sparrow.
When Rachel Tham set out to understand her mother's past, she uncovered a family history that changed everything she thought she knew about herself. What began as a search for her mother's origins became the discovery of hidden siblings, family secrets spanning generations, informal adoption, DNA revelations, and the profound intergenerational impacts of adoption. Although Rachel was never adopted herself, adoption shaped her identity in ways she could never have imagined. Through Ancestry DNA, historical records and extraordinary reunions, she pieced together a story that had been hidden for decades - one that reveals how adoption doesn't affect just one person or one generation. Its impacts ripple through families, relationships, identity and belonging for generations to come. In this deeply moving conversation, Rachel and Jo discuss: • The lifelong impact of family secrets and silence • Intergenerational trauma and adoption loss • Informal adoption and hidden family histories • Discovering three previously unknown brothers through DNA testing • Reunion, identity and belonging • The healing power of truth and lived experience • Why listening to those affected by adoption…
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