CHAPTER 1 Michael ................................................................................... 9 CHAPTER 2 Ann ....................................................................................... 15 CHAPTER 3 Bill ......................................................................................... 27 CHAPTER 4 Veronica ............................................................................... 33 CHAPTER 5 Willie .................................................................................... 47 CHAPTER 6 Damon—Columbia, MD ................................................... 53 I Knew My In-Laws Before I Met My Wife .......................................... 64 The Adoptee Adopts ............................................................................... 69 CHAPTER 7 Seth ....................................................................................... 75 CHAPTER 8 Happy to Be at Home ......................................................... 83 CHAPTER 9 The Search ........................................................................... 87 CHAPTER 10 “36 Years…” .................................................................... 105 The Birthday Surprise .......................................................................... 115 CHAPTER 11 The End of Five Incredible Years in Reunion ............. 131 CHAPTER 12 Suddenly Willie Davis Was Gone ................................. 147 CHAPTER 13 The Mistaken Identification of Mr. H ......................... 161 CHAPTER 14 “Many a mile has been traversed and there are miles to go.” ............................................................................................................... 173 CHAPTER 15 END ..................................................................................201
“Who Am I Really?” is a question many adoptees ask when they realize they have another family of genetic relation. Damon L. Davis shares his journey through life as an adoptee to becoming an adoptive parent himself. He explores his desire to find his birth family as sparked by the flood of emotions that accompanied the birth of his son, Seth — the first blood relative he had ever known. In his story, you’ll follow his introspection when considering a search for his birth family, while coping with the heartbreak of his adoptive mother’s mental illness. Within months of taking his post in the Obama Administration in 2009, Damon found his birth mother working only two blocks away and years later, his real birth father’s identity was revealed unexpectedly on AncestryDNA. You’ll be amazed by the coincidences that brought Damon face to face with his birth mother in a tearful, yet joyous, reunion. And your heart will be warmed by the acceptance of his birth father who didn’t even know he existed.
