080 – It’s Not About How You Got Here
Rachel is a Hispanic woman of Chilean descent, raised in a Jewish family. She shared her feelings of otherness trying to connect with other Spanish speaking children with her limited proficiency. Rachel describes her father’s blindness to her heritage, and her unbelievable luck to have strangers who went out of their way to help her meet her birth mother in Chile. Read Full TranscriptRachel: https://www.temi.com/editor/t/LBME0dE3afIEFIvJbItV31CTCnBlpS9lfkPL0gSyX-ak8eeoNBBhRsAyiwLQc1j7H4s3T-_oGOd0jNzRdTMrpNJj5B4?loadFrom=DocumentDeeplinkats=3.76 (00:03) It took me a while to sort through it. I remember talking to my grandmother about it and she said, you know, Rachel, it’s not about how you get here, It’s about what you do with yourself once you’re here. So she was like focused less on that event that led to you being here and focus more on what you want to do with yourself and how you want to, you know, make a name for yourself. And that is something that I’ve always held onto Voices: https://www.temi.com/editor/t/LBME0dE3afIEFIvJbItV31CTCnBlpS9lfkPL0gSyX-ak8eeoNBBhRsAyiwLQc1j7H4s3T-_oGOd0jNzRdTMrpNJj5B4?loadFrom=DocumentDeeplinkats=35.72 (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/LBME0dE3afIEFIvJbItV31CTCnBlpS9lfkPL0gSyX-ak8eeoNBBhRsAyiwLQc1j7H4s3T-_oGOd0jNzRdTMrpNJj5B4?loadFrom=DocumentDeeplinkats=47.21 (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 Rachel. She called me from right here in Frederick, Maryland. Rachel is a Hispanic woman of Chilean descent, raised in a Jewish family. She shared her feelings of otherness, her father’s blindness to her heritage and her unbelievable luck to have strangers who went out of their way to help her meet her birth mother in Chile. This is Rachel’s journey. In Rachel’s family, adoption was a fairly open topic. Her brother was adopted three years before her and they always knew they were adopted from young ages. When they got older, they understood a little bit more what that meant. Rachel: https://www.temi.com/editor/t/LBME0dE3afIEFIvJbItV31CTCnBlpS9lfkPL0gSyX-ak8eeoNBBhRsAyiwLQc1j7H4s3T-_oGOd0jNzRdTMrpNJj5B4?loadFrom=DocumentDeeplinkats=97.12 (01:37) I feel like I was my only like person in my group of friends that was adopted growing up. And I think that kind of felt a little bit strange sometimes. Damon: https://www.temi.com/editor/t/LBME0dE3afIEFIvJbItV31CTCnBlpS9lfkPL0gSyX-ak8eeoNBBhRsAyiwLQc1j7H4s3T-_oGOd0jNzRdTMrpNJj5B4?loadFrom=DocumentDeeplinkats=108.1 (01:48) Do you remember mentioning it to other people or did you just, you just couldn’t see other adoptees so you figured you were the only one?... Support this podcast
