10 [S1 E10] Landric
/An interview with Landric, an adoptee who was recently found by his natural mother. We discuss his relinquishment, feelings about reunion, becoming an oldest brother to four siblings, and a big lesson he’s learned from his time in counselling.
Show Notes
Topics We Discussed
Born in 1973 in North Carolina, relinquished at birth (premature)
Foster care for first three months
Adoptive parents infertile, Landric grew up as an only child
Landric used to believe being adopted wasn't a big deal, didn't think about it much
Was found by his natural mother in 2015
Growing as an only child, becoming an oldest of five siblings
Circumstances of his relinquishment
Speaking about adoption positively at first, protecting his natural mother's feelings
Pretending (to his adoptive parents) that everything is fine, that there aren't any adoption issues
Moving beyond the honeymoon stage, a deeper relationship with natural mother
The feeling we get when we say goodbye after a visit to bio-family
Speaking to adoptees who don't feel the need to look for biological parents
Contact with his biological father
Reaching out to his half-sister (paternal side)
Mourning the loss of bio-family
Advice to adoptive parents
Love addiction, adoptee issues
Desiring to be a parent, now focusing on putting his children first
Genetic mirroring, and fraternal twins
Accepting a step-child as your own, as an adoptee
Upheaval of reunion
Reassurance from biological family members in reunion
Reunion with siblings
Parenting as an adoptee
Recommended Resources
adopteereading.com by Karen Pickell, @karenpickell and @adopteereading
Identical Strangers: A Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited by Elyse Schein and Paula Bernstein
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