030 – Don’t Fall For “I Can’t Talk To You On The Phone”
Jen had a very nice childhood with her parents and never really wanted to search for her birth parents until her friends started having kids. But the ultimate spark that ignited her desire to search came from a family tragedy. In the aftermath Jen located her birth mother and they connected over social media, but Jen could never get her mother on the phone and that gave her a bad feeling. While she’s thankful for the few answers she did get about her past, Jen wishes she had not been deceived and has a warning for other adoptees seeking reunion. On her reunion trip her birth mother bitterly showed her true colors. Thankfully,contacting her birth mother did allow her to connect with other really cool relatives, and find her paternal half-brother who is ecstatic to know her. The post http://www.whoamireallypodcast.com/030-dont-fall-for/ (030 – Don’t Fall For “I Can’t Talk To You On The Phone”) appeared first on http://www.whoamireallypodcast.com (Who Am I...Really? Podcast). Jen (https://www.temi.com/editor/t/oBd-nEyhwN_HH-8OSblo0End8kDzdi1d97iRIiMl2km6DNUYG-M9dQaZILr3_8sABSTAgCg2mSBWKGV6-bT-9AaTtWs?loadFrom=SharedLinkats=3.05 (00:03)): I never got a please. Thank you. A nicety. Nothing. I got nothing decent or nice or kind from this woman, so that's the reason why when I look back at whatever communications we had prior to, I deleted everything because I don't think any of it's true. Voices (https://www.temi.com/editor/t/oBd-nEyhwN_HH-8OSblo0End8kDzdi1d97iRIiMl2km6DNUYG-M9dQaZILr3_8sABSTAgCg2mSBWKGV6-bT-9AaTtWs?loadFrom=SharedLinkats=23.68 (00:23)): 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/oBd-nEyhwN_HH-8OSblo0End8kDzdi1d97iRIiMl2km6DNUYG-M9dQaZILr3_8sABSTAgCg2mSBWKGV6-bT-9AaTtWs?loadFrom=SharedLinkats=35.11 (00:35)): 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 Jen who lives in the often sweltering heat of Phoenix, Arizona. She told me she had a very nice childhood with her parents and never really wanted to search for her birth parents until her friends started having kids. But the ultimate spark that ignited her desire to search came from a family tragedy. In the aftermath, Jen located her birth mother and they connected over social media, but Jen could never get her mother on the phone and that gave her a bad feeling. When they finally met face to face, their reunion was short lived. While she's thankful for the few answers she did get about her past, Jen wishes she had not been deceived and has a warning for other adoptees seeking reunion. Damon (https://www.temi.com/editor/t/oBd-nEyhwN_HH-8OSblo0End8kDzdi1d97iRIiMl2km6DNUYG-M9dQaZILr3_8sABSTAgCg2mSBWKGV6-bT-9AaTtWs?loadFrom=SharedLinkats=88.1 (01:28)): For Jen, everything was normal. Growing up. Her parents read her a special book every night, the chosen baby, about a couple who elected to adopt an infant and raise the child as their own. Jen still has that book to this day. She never thought about her adoption growing up, even as a young adult. Then her peers started having kids. Of course, the children look like their parents, and Jen began to wonder whom she looked like. It wasn't quite enough of a spark to launch a search, but then something tragic happened. Jen (https://www.temi.com/editor/t/oBd-nEyhwN_HH-8OSblo0End8kDzdi1d97iRIiMl2km6DNUYG-M9dQaZILr3_8sABSTAgCg2mSBWKGV6-bT-9AaTtWs?loadFrom=SharedLinkats=120.23 (02:00)): What changed for me and what made me search for biological family was my mom was killed in a car accident, um, October, 2012. So that was number one, a shock. And number two, a lot of things changed after that. Like I said, it never seemed to be an issue of me being adopted. It never was part of my day. It was never part of my thought. But after my mom was killed, my dad and the remaining family, cause we don't have a big... Support this podcast
