Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee Stories

← Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee Stories7 Jul · 1 h 04 min

Patsy: Found by DNA, Silenced by Family

Patsy: Found by DNA, Silenced by Family7 Jul1 h 04 min

Our current guest, Patsy Brooks-Tallant, is a Baby Scoop Era adoptee whose private adoption was arranged through falsified legal documents, leaving family secrets hidden for more than six decades. Through years of determined genealogy research and DNA testing, she uncovered both sides of her biological family and now passionately advocates for adoptee rights, open records, and the truth every adoptee deserves to know.