ABC Adoptees Born in China

Hello year 3! It may be something we hope has ended but not something we have forgotten. Kate shared her experience studying and working in China. It was nice to sit down with Kate's adoption experience on this first episode of entering year 3. Follow Kate @kateququdavis If you would like to share your story please email adoptedbabiesfromchina@gmail.com or @adoptedbabiesfromchinapod on Facebook, I...

Happy two years! I didn’t pick the timing but it so happens this one is the first to have a return guest. Part 2 with Danny, host of The Shape of a Star Podcast received some news. He is a Chinese adoptee from Hong Kong (Italian and Chinese parents) who spoke on Episode 33 from May 23, 2021. He thought he knew all about his story but then - Aghast and shock! The news was fresh, recorded on March 2...

I had the opportunity to speak with Kelli about her adoption to Japanese American parents. Kelli is at a university in California with a focus on Asian American and plans to pursue more research and education in the future. This conversation has resources and explanations about Asian American and adoption. @kaleidoscope_for_kelli on instagram where you can see her art! If you would like to share y...

On this episode of ABC, witness how social connection in real life relationships can be built. Amanda and I connected on instagram through the podcast account and then we met two days later at an Also Known As Inc. event. I was able to speak with Amanda in person and also here about her short film, Yuan Fen. This is a project Amanda worked on in her senior year of undergraduate with a team of 40 p...

It’s a Valentine’s episode with @hopeeatsnyc. Hope is a chef, musician, and Chinese adoptee I met via Also Known As. There is some talk about relationships but mostly the conversation is about food and how we have related to Chinese culture being adoptees.  Hope and her sister were engaged with their adoption for as long as they can remember and now getting closer to 30, she started to connect mor...

It’s the 50th episode! Happy Lunar New Year 2022 to those who celebrate. This episode is a solo short one without the usual intro because I am playing back the trailer and inserting some reflective thoughts. Lives we impacted– So far only have spoken to friends close to me and learned about their view of friendship with me or their own stories and challenges growing up. We are all human and despit...

As we all go through the various moments and stages of identifying with our adoption, community and reflection are always helpful. Mary decided to focus her video documentary thesis on Chinese adoptees while also connecting with the community. This conversation gives more insight into our parents who are our blood and to the parents who raise us. We are also not obligated to others for the decisio...

Victoria is from Wisconsin…. no no. Victoria is really from China like most of the guests on this show. Happy New Year, not yet Lunar New year to all! This first episode of 2022 contains some adult language. We also have special guest, Carmella (Victoria’s cat) It is fitting Victoria shares about her experience with finding communities that helped her build strong relationships throughout the ongo...

XiuXiu lives in the Netherlands. This conversation goes into family dynamics, names, and search process. I enjoyed speaking and hearing more about her story. Family is challenging and sometimes as adoptees we can make some choices in regard to how dynamics will play out and how we choose to command our identity. This recording was also done before the NYC marathon 2021. It has been over a month si...

Maddy shares her story and how she found out the truth behind her adoption from Hong Kong. We talked about her search and about how doing all the work, you still have the thoughts and feelings that do always come with reunions. We discuss therapy and working on self awareness as life throws challenges and how the hardest part about having a disability is society. Also, Shoutout to adoptees in ente...

Warning: This set of recordings start off very strong on the emotions side. I found there was less and less need to do the memos related to the search DNA process. This is the third and last part of the recordings from when getting a DNA test done. It was a process and I learned the value of not letting the events take over my emotions. Calm responses resulted in better overall experience. I am @l...

Lily is in Canada and has been attending law school so far online. Soon she will go to England for part of her program studies. Lily is also one of six siblings and we really delve into the conversation that many of us probably have had in our minds about living and making the most of or circumstances. There is not much we can do but we can frame our mindset. Also having a willoughby as a pet is s...

This is a longer episode for this show with Sien! Sien is seeking to learn more about others and working in her own business as a life coach focused on Highly Sensitive people. She moved to Amsterdam to pursue dance and lives there today.  This conversation, Sien shares her experience connecting with work in adoption, birth roots, and the present time. She shares about the importance of taking tim...

This episode we talk about Kira’s experience as an actor, dancer, partner, and how her identity has shifted throughout. Follow and learn more about Kira’s work on @kiraomans, Instagram and Kira Emily Omans on Facebook. Her episode of Powers Rangers: Rise of Ninja can be viewed on Nerdbot studios and she will have an appearance on an upcoming episode of CSI Vegas.

Hello everyone! Thank you for listening to my voice. This is part 2 of recording about the search. Ultimately these go deeper where I talk about family, feelings about myself, and even speak mandarin. I thought releasing 2 of 3 today was a nice time with tomorrow being the day I celebrate my birthday. I realized I had been saying the date incorrectly in mandarin and also how wild it is to hear mys...

Ming is someone who has been active and involved in the adoptee community. Apart from the search process, Ming has a strong interest in psychology related to various types of trauma apart from adoption. The stories are shared with such a strong visual narrative that you may also feel you are in that moment too. NOTE: There is a portion about a rat about 11 minutes in that some people may not enjoy...

NOTE: This episode may contain information and material some may find sensitive. SOLO EPISODE | This one I admit I’m nervous to share. I decided to start the search process and in good fashion, I recorded voice memos documenting the process. This is a compilation from March 2021. When adding up 30 second - 3 or 4 minute recordings, these become pretty lengthy. Thank you for listening! If you would...

Laura speaks with me about the intention to study Chinese language and learn more about the culture. Laura talks about studying abroad and then visiting Louyang. She has been able to user her skills during the pandemic especially related to COVID. We also talk about infantilizing and “child/ children” used in the adoption community which is big yet small. Follow @luoyangxiaojuan on instagram. If y...

Speaking with shmoopie on this episode about adoption from Vietnam to the US. She is @ishmoopie on all the socials. We talk about blogging about her trip back to Vietnam, learning how to use chopsticks, move to Texas, and how she searched for resources to learn about Vietnamese adoption. We also celebrate being normal and hearing others stories. If you would like to share your story please email a...

Taylor is someone I met in person at an adoptee event. She grew up in NYC and decided to move away for a bit of time when going to college. This conversation shows how small and connected communities really can be. Especially toward the end of the conversation, do we focus in on the essence of living life. Also, we as humans enjoy listening and relating to one another. Average and relatable :) Fol...

Note: Explicit language and content and laughter for a good portion The comedy duo-- From Adilooloo and Tarafoofoo, this week's episode is another personal one for me! There are people who come and go and others who stick around (and this one is a long episode 90 min!). Adi and I met and became roommates for three years in Maryland. He is now in Indiana pursuing a Phd and I thought it would be gre...

The Shape of a Star Podcast is coming to a streaming service near you. But before Danny releases his show for all to hear, he is stepping in the interviewee spot on podcasts like this one. Danny is an adoptee from Hong Kong who knows his birth family and has a younger sister adopted from China. Danny shares his journey from highschool color guard to becoming a school counselor who also believes in...

NOTE: About halfway through the conversation, CCTV does come on in background Ivy lives in California in the US. She has been in the process of finding her birth family and hopes to share her story as a way to find them. Ivy is very interested in Chinese culture and the birth family search community as well. This conversation reflets more on Ivy’s childhood and how it has influenced her present. I...

Aloha! From Hawaii, to Arizona, and soon Oregon. Megan informs and shares her passion about sustainability and the work she has done with children in various environments. Her work has taken her all around the United States and even New Zealand. Recently working in the mental health world, specifically horticultural therapy with adolescents has gotten her more curious about her adoption and upbrin...

It's been a whole year which means a whole new season. Liza is the host of I’m Adopted, Now What? Podcast. She shares on ABC about how her parents met, her journey from completely having nothing to do with Chinese culture to recently accepting some of it more in the past year, and a little on the recent mass shooting in Atlanta. Liza voices what any of us have thought in terms of identity as Asian...