Wandering Tree ®, LLC Podcast

Wandering Tree welcomes Jim Serrano to the show. He is a domestic adoptee, born January of 1962 in San Jose California. He found his biological family in his late thirties and has been in reunion for 22 years.  Just a few days prior to sharing his story with Adoptee Lisa Ann, his biological mother passed away. While Jim processes through grief, he remains optimistic of the next chapter. He is supp...

Adoptee Lisa Ann and Ande Stanley of the blog and podcast -The Adoption Files - talk extensively about late discovery adoptees (LDA) and how hard it is to gain access to your personal information. Here is a list of ways to connect with our guest. Her blog at : \https://theadoptionfilescom.wordpress.com/ Her Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/adoptionfiles Her Podcast:https:/ /open.spotify.com...

Adoptee Lisa Ann talks with one of her besties on how they are adoption adjacent, what she has witnessed on the search and reunion journey and how she views the topic today. It was a pleasure to have such a good friend join us in the reality of emotions watching things unfold. 

Let's celebrate Adoptee Lisa Ann's 50th birthday! Today's episode focuses on how birthdays were processed in the past with celebration and sorrow; and how they are different now after having met her biological mother in 2021.  Lisa Ann and the Husband will also share their thoughts on Season One and what to anticipate in Season Two. 

Wandering Tree Podcast opens up to the innerworkings of anger with The Mon, The Husband and Adoptee Lisa Ann in an electric discussion.  In this episode Adoptee Lisa Ann, The Husband and The Mon discuss the emotion of being mad! The Husband is very upset with Lisa Ann’s use of the label Adoptee and how it may diminish her achievements in this world. We get real uncomfortable talking about the lens...

Wandering Tree Podcast is excited to bring back The Mon as our special guest.  In this episode Adoptee Lisa Ann, The Husband and The Mon discuss the need to be people pleasing humans due to the struggles of adoption, parental abandonment and wanting to fit in.  The conversation transcends multiple aspects of life; while hitting on the need for support and understanding from our people, as this nee...

Wandering Tree Podcast is thrilled to introduce The Mon as a special guest.  In this episode, The Mon shares how her view of adoption and the struggles of an adoptee searching and in reunion have changed her own approach to the topic.  Join Adoptee Lisa Ann, The Husband and The Mon as they discuss how their paths have crossed, the relationships have blossomed from friends to family and how the cre...

Adoptee Lisa Ann and The Husband discuss the raw feelings of having just lost her biological mother so soon after the start of their reunion process. 

Adoptee Lisa Ann and The Husband start the discussion of how she broke the code to identify her biological mother. For a searching adoptee finding a name is priceless gift. One found by diligently using a few of these items:  The CeCe Moore Facebook Group - DNA Detectives   Family Tree Magazine - Cousinhood Chart   Family Tree Podcast - to better understand genealogy   DNA Painter - Centimorgan Ch...

Adoptee Lisa Ann of Wandering Tree Podcast and the Husband dive right in on the conversation of searching for biological family. Lisa Ann provides the adoptee perspective on why it is important to close the information loop on her early beginnings to now. 

Host Adoptee Lisa Ann and The Husband dive right in on one of the most difficult topics of adoption for the non-adoptee. In this very first Wandering Tree Podcast S1: Ep 1 they do not hold back.  Apologies in advance for the heavy breathing of Adoptee Lisa Ann as she was battling some serious congestion. 

Introducing Wandering Tree Podcast, established with the simple goal of reaching other adoptees who may benefit from just hearing another one of us say it out loud.