Today, November 9th is World Adoption Day. Most of you know that I am adopted. I was adopted at the age of 6 months into the Greenfield family. Since last year’s annual adoption day post:
- Elaine and I met two of my birth siblings and their spouses in person in Alberta. The picture at right is me with Jill & Sam. Pretty strong genetics here.
- Met with a group of cousins on my birth dad’s side in Calgary including the cousin who helped me discover my birth dad. Plus two recently returned from Scotland with pictures and info from family there. What a great night of discovery and sharing family history.
- Met with a first cousin on my birth mom’s side.
- Found more close cousins through Ancestry and connected with them online.
- Found a 4th cousin at the end of my road (I know, it’s crazy right?)
- Built my family tree up to over 17,000 people with lots of records and pictures.
- Have become obsessed (Elaine’s word) with Ancestry and genealogy. That may not be just in the last year.
- I have also connected more with my brothers through this journey.
There are lots of people I know that are adopted and recently discovered that Aaron Judge (Yankees baseball player in case you didn’t know) was adopted. Pretty cool.
I have been writing about adoption around the World Adoption Day for a few years now. If you want to read any of those other blogs, you can check them out on meanderingmoose.ca.
- Jesus was Adopted!!
- World Adoption Day
- I Was An Orphan
- Carver’s Cardinal Virtues
- He Would Be 16, But I’m 55
- She Chose Life for Me
- Moose’s Adoption Journey
- My Adoption & Genealogy
- Pro Life & Adoption
Check out www.worldadoptionday.org for more information.
Meandering Moose 