091 – I’m In The Middle Of Two Stories
Ashley had one of those moments where talking to her biological sister felt so familiar it was like texting and and responding to herself. But her birth mother’s pain and uneasiness over Ashley’s desire to learn anything about her birth father was too much for the woman, and their relationship suffered. When she found her birth father Ashley, predictably, learned that he didn’t know she existed. But incredibly he learned that his wife, who was not Ashley’s birth mother, already knew her husband had a child out there, even though he didn’t. Read Full TranscriptAshley: https://www.temi.com/editor/t/_sSHV0h-UJaF6A5DwnUHdRO2UX_824HZVbtnQS5trL6uQgqr2cgt0C959NNNNzxUqQYOoBCjnB7baNde5vICF4vYem0?loadFrom=DocumentDeeplinkats=2.36 (00:00:02) I was worried about her because she just is so constantly, basically, it seemed like she was depressed about the situation. I just wanted to make it go away. I just wanted her to know I had a good life. I was happy. I’m still happy. You’re in my life now. Let’s just go with it because, and I remember I said to her, not many people get this chance. Not many people get a chance to meet their biological family and get to know them and I said like, like let’s take advantage of this. Voices: https://www.temi.com/editor/t/_sSHV0h-UJaF6A5DwnUHdRO2UX_824HZVbtnQS5trL6uQgqr2cgt0C959NNNNzxUqQYOoBCjnB7baNde5vICF4vYem0?loadFrom=DocumentDeeplinkats=35.96 (00:00:35) Who am I? Who am I? Who am I? Who am I? Who am I? Who am I? Who am I? Damon: https://www.temi.com/editor/t/_sSHV0h-UJaF6A5DwnUHdRO2UX_824HZVbtnQS5trL6uQgqr2cgt0C959NNNNzxUqQYOoBCjnB7baNde5vICF4vYem0?loadFrom=DocumentDeeplinkats=47.19 (00:00:47) 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’s show is Ashley. She lives up in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Ashley had one of those moments where talking to her biological sister felt so familiar. It was like texting and responding to herself, but her birth mother’s pain and uneasiness over Ashley’s desire to learn anything about her birth father was too much for the woman and their relationship suffered. When she found her birth father, Ashley predictably learned that he didn’t know she existed, but incredibly he learned that his wife, who was not Ashley’s birth mother already knew her husband, had a child out there even though he didn’t. This is Ashley’s journey. Damon: https://www.temi.com/editor/t/_sSHV0h-UJaF6A5DwnUHdRO2UX_824HZVbtnQS5trL6uQgqr2cgt0C959NNNNzxUqQYOoBCjnB7baNde5vICF4vYem0?loadFrom=DocumentDeeplinkats=97.26 (00:01:37) Ashley was adopted as an infant because her adoptive parents weren’t able to conceive. She described her life as comfortable and she got a lot of love from her parents. They held her and rocked her every day. In school, he was given the infamous family heritage assignment, so she assumed the identity of her adoptive parents. She was paternally, Scottish and maternally German in adoption. In grade six, she started to question things more. Her adoption was closed, so there wasn’t much information available to her parents, but... Support this podcast
