In this episode, Nathan sits down with Saskia, a Chilean adoptee raised in a predominantly white town in New Jersey after being adopted at just two and a half months old. As the only girl and only adoptee in a family with three biological brothers, Saskia grew up surrounded by the narrative that adoption was something to be grateful for. But as she got older, questions about her origins led her to a years-long search, a surprising Facebook message, and an emotional reunion that would shift everything—including a pivotal moment you'll hear about later in the episode. Saskia shares her journey through identity, reconnection, and the upcoming return to Chile that marks a new chapter in reclaiming her story.

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The poem she wrote in school:

Individual

I am from the mother who I don’t know anything about.
I am from the father who doesn’t know I exist.
I am from a family that is make-believe to me.

I am in a family where I am an outsider,
An outsider who looks different in every way possible.
I am from the place that is imaginary to me.

Dreams of being back in Chile being with my biological mother
Floating all through my head.
Wondering, wondering what she is like,
How we are similar,
Or if I could ever meet her again.

I am the one who sticks out like a big bright moon in the dark starry sky.
I am like the flower in the field that sticks out from everything else.

I am from the dreams of being with her
As if our lives were perfect side by side,
But those dreams will never come true
For I am the unknown individual.

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