The Adoption Chain is an adoptee-centered podcast where each guest shares their story—and introduces us to the next link in the chain.


The Adoption Chain is built around a simple format: each adoptee tells their own story, then introduces us to someone they know who has one of their own.
Each guest talks openly about adoption, identity, family, reunion, loss, discovery, belonging, and whatever else shaped their experience. At the end of the conversation, they introduce another adoptee who becomes the next link.
We started in Oklahoma, have already followed the chain to Colorado, and hope to see where it leads next.Donald’s longtime friend and fellow adoptee Scott Smith becomes the second link in the chain, sharing his own experience and helping begin the journey from one adoptee to the next.