Kelsey Vander Vliet Ranyard & Vicki Twomey
Category: Connections
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1h 26m
Join us for a powerful conversation with Kelsey Vander Vliet Ranyard and Vicki Twomey, two birthparents whose families embody the multi-generational experience of adoption. We'll explore the rarely discussed phenomenon of generational birthparents — families where the experience of placing a child for adoption ripples across multiple generations. They’ll share their unique perspectives as birthparents whose own mothers walked the same path before them. With Kelsey's family extending this experience to three generations and Vicki's family spanning complex adoption connections through in-laws and her son's adoptive mother, their stories illuminate how adoption creates intricate webs of shared experience and understanding.
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