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Podcast: Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee Stories
Episode: Kelly: A Late Discovery Adoptee Digs for the Truth
Description: Kelly was born in 1970 and grew up in Wichita, Kansas. Her parents divorced before she could remember and she had no contact with her dad. Second oldest of five children, she blended in well enough but noticed some differences. She had reason to believe she was adopted and asked when she was a teenager. Her mother continually said she was not adopted. The physical differences were dismissed as traits that might have come from her absent dad.Kelly is happily married and has three sons. She is an engineer and a passionate quilter. Fast forward...