HeyJaredI'm Adopted: The Podcast
Established in 2015, the I’m Adopted community organisation provides a safe space for adoptees, topics and meet-ups with others. Welcome to our official podcast!
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See You in 2027! An Update From Us! (opens the original)
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Thank you for tuning into our Podcast for 2026. We are wrapping up this Season but we are going to be back with more Episodes right after the New Year which we can't wait to share with all of you. Thank you for your ongoing support, everything with the Podcast. We will be back very soon!
Leah’s Story | Adopted from China, Growing Up in Canada and Life in the USA (opens the original)
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Leah Sutterlin was adopted from China as a baby and raised in rural Canada alongside two younger sisters who were also adopted from China. In this episode of I’m Adopted: The Podcast , Leah reflects on growing up in a family where adoption was openly talked about, that relationship with her sisters, and the questions around identity and trying to understand more about those beginnings. She also shares how her own story eventually led her into adoption advocacy and storytelling, including her cur
Ethan’s Story | Adopted from China to the USA (opens the original)
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Ethan Cesena was adopted from China at four and a half years old and raised in America. For much of his life, adoption was a word others used to describe him, but for Ethan it also brought questions about identity, family, culture, and where he came from. In April 2026, he returned to China with 17 other Chinese adoptees to learn more about his heritage and experience the country in a different way. In this episode, Ethan shares his story, what it was like growing up adopted, the questions he ha
Mike's Story | Finding Family Connections 60 Years Later (opens the original)
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Mike Kueny was adopted in 1965 and grew up knowing he was adopted, while continuing to wonder about his biological family. Decades later, after the deaths of his adoptive parents and two of his siblings, he decided to take an DNA test. When the results arrived, everything moved quickly. Within hours, Mike had identified both his birth mother and birth father, along with half-siblings he never knew he had. Mike shares what it was like to search for biological family at 60, navigate new relationsh
Isaac's Story | From Ethiopia to the United States (opens the original)
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Born in Ethiopia, Isaac spent the first five years of his life there before the deaths of both his birth parents led him to an orphanage. At five years old, he was adopted by a family in the United States, leaving behind his homeland, language, and culture to begin a new life. As he grew older, Isaac wrestled with questions of identity, loss, and God's goodness, questions that followed him well into adulthood. Thirteen years later, he returned to Ethiopia, where he reunited with members of his b
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