This interview is co-hosted with Julie Morris from "The Secret Club of Adoption," where we interview Frank "Tony" Rich, who was adopted as a baby. Tony's adopted mom, Vera Rich, led a life of many hardships from the age of 13. She grew up during the early 1930s and the U.S. Depression Era. She had to run away from a bad family life and raise her younger brother on her own. At 14, Vera got married to a 26-year-old lumberjack in Oregon. Tony's adopted mother became one of the first single mothers allowed to keep her adopted son in California. Tony grew up knowing he was adopted and called his birth mother Aunt Elaine, as she stayed in touch with his adopted mom, Vera. Listen to learn more about Tony's perspective on growing up adopted. This series of adoptee interviews is to help people learn more about navigating adoption.

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