An Unforgettable Adoption Reunion Story with Doris Blumenthal - Ep 70

In this week’s Safe Home Podcast, Beth talks with Doris Blumenthal, an adopted person who lives in Northern California. Her adoption story is one of the adoptee narratives in the documentary Reckoning with the Primal Wound , which you’ve probably heard me talking about before. The filmmaker Rebecca Autumn Sansom was on this podcast in Episode 30. If you haven’t seen Reckoning with the Primal Wound yet, I highly recommend it, and I also want to let you know that this episode contains spoilers. =============== 💌 Sign up for our Safe Home Families email list: =============== RESOURCES: Resources mentioned in this episode: Reckoning with the Primal Wound documentary: ALMA - The Adoptees' Liberty Movement Association: The Primal Wound by Nancy Verrier: Safe Home Bookclub - free discussion questions for The Primal Wound: APtitude Support Group for Adoptive Parents Facing Adoption’s Challenges: SafeHomeFamilies.com/APtitude =============== Support Safe Home on Patreon : Patreon.com/SafeHome =============== TIME STAMPS: 2:00 Doris’ adoption story, crossing paths with birth mother in the early days 6:40 The overwhelming need to know one’s biological roots 9:16 Doris’ adoptive parents’ attitude about adoption 11:54 The mysterious photograph and the broken relationship with Doris’ bio brother 13:35 Complex emotions with Doris’ paternal sisters 14:36 Starting the pre-internet search process 18:50 First attempt at finding birth mother 20:15 How DNA searches help 21:11 A common problem for adopted people: lack of health history 21:56 Minnesota sisters and other maternal relatives 22:54 How Arizona’s open records laws enabled Doris to find her birth mother 25:05 Finding Doris’ birth mother’s home - and SPOILER ALERT if you haven’t seen the Reckoning film yet 28:00 Doris’ brother’s attitude toward Doris, privacy v. right to know 31:35 Another amazing coincidence 33:40 More details about the reunion day 38:45 Did she find the mysterious photograph or any other mementos? 40:35 How Doris handles her complicated grief 43:45 Most adopted people have a deep desire to meet their natural parents 45:05 Doris’ dream of ideal records for adopted people 47:33 Backlash from sharing her story in the Reckoning with the Primal Wound documentary 51:34 Doris’ advice for adopted people who are contemplating reunion, and book recommendation 53:30 Doris’ book recommendation - The Primal Wound by Nancy Verrier 56:37 Doris’ advice for adoptive parents regarding reunion

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