103 – Fixing The Fates
Diane called me from St. Petersburg, Florida, but her’s is a story that originated in Germany. Diane tells the story of her parents wanting to form a family with her, but her grandmother frequently talking about her adoption such that no one could ever move on. On a trip back to Germany, Diane stood in the orphanage where her story originated, but answers to her questions were not to be had. It turned out that her birth father was her first connection, and he led her back to her birth mother’s family. Diane met her birth mother’s widower who said her mother always searched for her, and made him promise to accept her if Diane were ever found. This is Diane’s journey The post http://www.whoamireallypodcast.com/103-fixing-the-fates/ (103 – Fixing The Fates) appeared first on http://www.whoamireallypodcast.com (Who Am I...Really? Podcast). Damon (https://www.temi.com/editor/t/_0-tTafRguEpH547NpPpSHidwHfvweGlB5pSWhYc93mxUtZZy7sOwcg3UGSlAKvSM8CYSQvuOQykaSkJbFpfAK3g0K0?loadFrom=SharedLinkats=0.07 (00:00)): Hey there. I just wanted to take a sec to let you know that I took time to write a book about my own adoption journey. It's called, who am I really? Of course, go to who am I really? podcast.com and click shop. I hope to make it to your reading list. Okay, here's this week's show. Diane (https://www.temi.com/editor/t/_0-tTafRguEpH547NpPpSHidwHfvweGlB5pSWhYc93mxUtZZy7sOwcg3UGSlAKvSM8CYSQvuOQykaSkJbFpfAK3g0K0?loadFrom=SharedLinkats=22.15 (00:22)): He said, I've always wanted to meet you. She told me all about you. She told me that she was going to look for you and she did look for you that for the rest of her life she tried to find you and they couldn't. They wouldn't. They wouldn't let her have the records and he said during the 50s when they were courting, she had made him promise. She told him about me before they were married and she'd made him promise to be my father if she ever found me. Damon (https://www.temi.com/editor/t/_0-tTafRguEpH547NpPpSHidwHfvweGlB5pSWhYc93mxUtZZy7sOwcg3UGSlAKvSM8CYSQvuOQykaSkJbFpfAK3g0K0?loadFrom=SharedLinkats=55.65 (00:55)): Who am I? Who am I? Who am I? Who am I? Damon (https://www.temi.com/editor/t/_0-tTafRguEpH547NpPpSHidwHfvweGlB5pSWhYc93mxUtZZy7sOwcg3UGSlAKvSM8CYSQvuOQykaSkJbFpfAK3g0K0?loadFrom=SharedLinkats=62.69 (01:02)): Who am I? Who am I? 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 today you're going to meet Diane. She called me from st Petersburg, Florida, but hers is a story that originated in Germany. Diane tells the story of her parents wanting to form a family with her, but her grandmother frequently talking about her adoption such that no one could ever move on. On a trip back to Germany Diane stood in the orphanage where her story originated, but answers to her questions were not to be had. Diane met her birth mother's widower who said her mother always searched for her and made him promise to accept her. If Diane were ever found. This is Diane's journey. Diane was an only child in her adopted family in Philadelphia. She says her adoptive mother was related to the people who ran the orphanage she came from in Germany. Diane (https://www.temi.com/editor/t/_0-tTafRguEpH547NpPpSHidwHfvweGlB5pSWhYc93mxUtZZy7sOwcg3UGSlAKvSM8CYSQvuOQykaSkJbFpfAK3g0K0?loadFrom=SharedLinkats=128.91 (02:08)): I had a kind of six degrees of separation kind of experience because my parents, my adoptive parents in Philadelphia were related to the person who ran the orphanage in Germany. Um, so what had happened was I was surrendered in a German orphanage at age one. Um, and prior to that I was in what's called a kinder home. So it's a children's home, but the mother, the biological mother can still visit you there. None of this I was aware of, but what I was aware of from a very early age and all along was that I was adopted and was that I was in a German orphanage Support this podcast
