Transracial Adoption: Joys, Risks, And Real Tools For Parents

About this episode

The episode discusses the complexities of transracial adoption, including personal stories and practical insights for parents.

Send us Fan Mail Adoption can hold joy and ache in the same breath. We open with reunion—meeting a sister after years—and the quiet courage of calling a birth parent “mom,” even while honoring the mother who raised us. From there, we move through grief, village support, and a practical update on a genealogy case that’s finally in motion. The heart of our conversation explores transracial adoption: why the numbers are growing, how economics and systems shape who adopts, and what it really take...

People in this episode

Hosts: Lisa, John

Topics covered

• transracial adoption
• family reunion
• grief
• village support
• genealogy
• adoption systems

Keywords

• transracial adoption
• family reunion
• adoption
• grief
• genealogy
• support systems