Contact/Events

Email Lynn at @theadoptedgenealogist@gmail.com

Upcoming:

Attending the Alliance for the Study of Adoption and Culture (ASAC) conference in Providence, RI on April 4-6, 2024.  

Heading to the Bluegrass State with the Adoptee Rights Coalition to educate about the restoration of adoptees' original birth certificates at the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)  Legislative Summit in Louisville, KY, August 5-7, 2024.

Presenting, "How to Help Your Adopted DNA Matches" at the Ohio Genealogical Society Montgomery County Chapter on September 14, 2024. 

Ongoing:

Join me at my podcast, The Adoption Experience, where I published my audible memoir and more recently, discuss the latest in adoption related laws, programs, news, documentaries, stories, and activism.  

Ande Stanley at The Adoption Files podcast invited me to co-host a series about the cult-like aspects of adoption where we interviewed many in the adoption community for their thoughts.  Our current project is reading a brand new book about Snowflake Adoption and we will be discussing that very soon!

Past:

October 13-15, 2023 - Atteded Concerned United Birthparents (CUB) annual retreat in Redondo Beach, California.

November 11, 2023 - Presented "Searching for Birth Parents in the Age of DNA" at the National Adoption Conference at Celia Center in Los Angeles, CA.

August 14-16, 2023 - Joined the Adoptee Rights CoalitionRight to Know and National Association of Adoptees and Parents (NAAP) at the annual National Conference of State Legislatures summit in Indianapolis, IN.

March 30 - April 1, 2023 - Attended the inaugural Untangling Our Roots summit in Louisville, KY.

October 14-16, 2022 - Attended the Concerned United Birthparents annual retreat in Tampa, Florida.

Sept 2022 - Interviewed by the amazing Jennifer Ghosten for Once Upon a Time in Adopteeland where we discuss my audible memoir, activism, the writing process and other stuff!

Aug 2022 - Interviewed by the very cool Sarah and Louise at The Making of Me Podcast.  You can watch the interview here.

June 2022 - Presented "The Story Behind the Story" at National Association of Adoptees and Parents (NAAP) adoption happy hour. 

April 2022 - Published "Hidden Identity," an audible memoir at The Adoption Experience podcast.  Available at Podbean, Spotify and Apple. 

Nov 2021 - Genetic Genealogy 101 podcast interview at Adoption Attuned Parenting. 

Nov 2-4, 2021 - Joined the Adoptee Rights Coalition to educate about the restoration of adoptees' original birth certificates at the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) Legislative Summit in Tampa, Florida.

Oct 2021 - Podcast interview with Ande from The Adoption Files where we discuss adoption records and genetic genealogy/DNA.

Sept 9-1, 2021 - Adoptee Voices Matter - a writing panel presentation with Laureen Pittman, and Paige Adams Strickland. National Association of Adoptees and Parents (NAAP) Conference, Indianapolis.

Aug 2021 - Podcast Interview with Jennifer Ghosten at Once Upon a Time in Adopteeland.

July 2021 - Podcast Interview on How To Become a More Compassionate, Caring and Competent Adoptive Parent at Adoption Attuned Parenting.

June 2021 -  Love What Matters published my story about using genetic genealogy to find my biological father.

3/26/21 - "The Power of our Collective Voices" - presented to National Association of Adoptees and Parents (NAAP) Adoption Happy Hour.

2/3/21 - "The Intersection of Original Birth Certificates (OBCs), DNA and Reaching Out for Support" discussion with Adoptees Connect, Lexington, KY.  

1/13/20 - Should I Test My DNA?  An Introduction to Genetic Genealogy presented to the genealogy interest group at Wright Library, Oakwood, Ohio.

1/4/20 - "The Queen's Gambit:  Discussion about Adoption Themes" with Laureen Pittman. View it here.

9/28/20 - "Searching for Julio:  A Mystery Solved by Genetic Genealogy" presented to the Montgomery County Ohio Genealogical Society/DNA Interest Group, Dayton, Ohio. 

3/27/20 - Presented "Social Distancing Together" with Laureen Pittman.

4/4/19 - Presented "Adoption Synchronicity: What Is It?" - with Paige Strickland
Indiana Adoptee Network Conference, Indianapolis.

6/24/19 - "Adoptees and DNA" presented to the Montgomery County Ohio Genealogical Society/DNA Interest Group, Dayton, Ohio

9/20/19 - Panel member for "Successful Kinship Care: Voices of Kinship Caregivers, Birth Parents and Children." at the Ohio Kinship Conference, Columbus, Ohio.

8/5-8/8/19 - Attended the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) summit with the Adoptee Rights Coalition in Nashville, TN.

4/20/18 - "I Have My Original Birth Certificate: Now What?" presented with Paige Adams Strickland at Indiana Adoptee Network, Race to Records-The Final Lap Conference, Indianapolis, IN.

7/30-8/2/18 - Joined the Adoptee Rights Coalition to educate about the restoration of adoptees' original birth certificates.at the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) in Los Angeles, CA.

11/4/17 - "Supporting Foster and Adoptive Families Within the Faith Community", presented at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Dayton, Ohio.

8/6-8/9/2017 - Joined the Adoptee Rights Coalition to educate about the restoration of adoptees' original birth certificates.at the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) in Boston, MA

5/25/17 - Podcast Interview with Pam Kroskie, President of Indiana Adoptee Network.

4/21-22/17- "The Under-Valued and Much Needed Adoptee Perspective" presented at the inaugural Indiana Adoptee Network conference, Indianapolis, IN.

3/24/17 - Interviewed for WHIO Reports, "Adoption in Ohio" along with Senator Bill Beagle and Becky Drinnen on the two year anniversary of Ohio opening original birth certificates for adoptees born 1964-1996. 

6/9-11/16 - "The Under-Valued and Much Needed Adoptee Perspective" presented at The Adoption Initiative, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey

8/8-8/11/16 - Joined the Adoptee Rights Coalition to educate about the restoration of adoptees' original birth certificates.at the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) in Chicago, IL.

10/7/15 - interviewed by Lisa Esposito for "When Adoptees Uncover Their Medical History", published in U.S. News & World Report.

8/19-8/22/14 - Joined the Adoptee Rights Coalition to educate about the restoration of adoptees' original birth certificates.at the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) in Minneapolis, MN.





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