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Are you adopted? Would you like to find your birth family? Do you need to know your family medical history? Have you or a family member put a child up for adoption? Do you have a desire to reconnect with that child?

Author and filmmaker, Jean Strauss is an adoptee who found her birth family, a journey that changed her life path. Hear Jean tell her miraculous story. Private Investigator Tamara Thompson is an expert in genealogy research and locating people including birth families. If you have questions about this provocative topic, tune in and Jean and Tamara will offer you valuable tips concerning adoption searches.

Jean Strauss

Jean Strauss is a New York Times bestselling author, legislative activist, and documentary filmmaker. Her film, ADOPTED for the life of me, marries her twin passions of adoption reform and filmmaking.

A graduate of UC Berkeley and USC, wife of a former college president and mother of two grown sons, she began making documentary films at the age of 60. Her short films won numerous awards and accolades, including American Cinematheeque’s list of top women directors in Women in Shorts. Her books include Penguin’s Birthright, the Guide to Search and Reunion, her memoir, Beneath a Tall Tree, and the New York Times bestseller, Forever Liesl:  a memoir of The Sound of Music.

Adopted for the Life of Me, her first feature film is currently on public television. Her work was inspired by her own search for her birth family back in the 1980’s. Her reunion with her birth family was featured in PEOPLE Magazine (9/5/88) led to the publication of her first book, The Great Adoptee Search Book.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8th, marks the most important day ever for “ADOPTED: for the life of me”!  

The film will premiere in prime time in the States of   ALASKA  Fairbanks Fairbanks – KUAC-WORLD – Channel 9.2 (this is the over-the-air channel. If you have cable tv, look at your cable channel list for the PBS-WORLD channel or the KUAC-WORLD channel) ALABAMA,  Mobile  Pensacola – WSRE-WORLD  - over the air – 23.2, Brighthouse – 202, Cox – 693, Riviera Utility – 824, Mediacom – ARKANSAS,  El Dorado/Monroe – KETZ-World – Channel 12 (check digital listings)  
Fayetteville – KAFT-World – Channel 13 (check digital listings)
Jonesboro- KTEJ-World – Channel 19 (check digital listings)  
LIttle Rock – KETS-World – Channel 7.5 (check digital listings) DELAWARE,  Wilmington  Wilmington – WHYY (Philadelphia) WHYY HD - Channels: Over the air on 12.1 (Comcast 240, FiOS 512) UTAH, Salt Lake City  Salt Lake City – KUED-WORLD – Channel 7.2 and 42 (check listings)(The above is the over-the-air channel. If you have cable tv, look at your cable channel list for the PBS-WORLD channel or the above station call numbers WORLD channel.) VIRGINIA,  Norfolk/Portsmith/Newport News – WHRO-WORLD – 15.2Roanoke/Lynchburg – WBRA-WORLD – Channel 15.3
Roanoke/Lynchburg – WMSY-WORLD – Channel 52.3
Tri-Cities/Norton – WSBN-WORLD – Channel 47.3
WEST VIRGINIA  (Charleston)  Charleston – WOUB-DT3 – Channel 20.3

Charleston – WPBO-DT3 – Channels 42.3 or 43.2 or 43.3   (The above is the over-the-air channel. If you have cable tv, look at your cable channel list for the PBS-WORLD channel or the above station call numbers WORLD channel.)

WISCONSIN (Milwaukee)  Milwaukee – WMVS- Channel 10 

(The above is the over-the-air channel. If you have cable tv, look at your cable channel list for the PBS-WORLD channel or the above station call numbers WORLD channel.)

WYOMING (Casper, Riverton, Cheyenne)  Casper/Riverton – KCWC-DT – Channel 4.1 or 4.5 or  8 (check listings)Cheyenne/Scottsbluff (NE) – KTNE-WORLD – Channel 13
(The above is the over-the-air channel. If you have cable tv, look at your cable channel list for the PBS-WORLD channel or the above station call numbers WORLD channel.) IOWA (entire state),  MONTANA (entire state)  Billings – KBGS-WORLD – Channel 16.4Butte-Bozeman – KUSM-WORLD – Channel 9.4
Great Falls – KUGF-WORLD – Channel 21.4
Missoula – KUFM-WORLD – Channel 11.4
(The above is the over-the-air channel. If you have cable tv, look at your cable channel list for the PBS-WORLD channel or the above station call numbers WORLD channel.) NEBRASKA (entire state) SOUTH DAKOTA  (entire state), Minot/Bismarck/Dickinson/Lowry – KQSD-WORLD – Channel 11.2 Rapid City – KBHE-WORLD – Channel 9.2
Rapid City/Martin – KZSD-WORLD – 13.2
Sioux Falls – KCSD-WORLD – Channel 23.2
Sioux Falls/Aberdeen – KDSD-WORLD – 8/16.2
Sioux Falls/Brookings – KESD-WORLD – 8/16.2
Sioux Falls – KPSD-WORLD – 8/13.2
Sioux Falls – KQSD-WORLD – 10/11.2
Sioux Falls/Pierre – KTSD-WORLD – 10/11.2
Sioux Falls/Vermillion – KUSD-WORLD – 2.2
(The above is the over-the-air channel. If you have cable tv, look at your cable channel list for the PBS-WORLD channel or the above station call numbers WORLD channel.) VERMONT (entire state) Littleton NH PBS- WLED-TV – Channel 49 (check listing)

Burlington – WETK-WORLD – Channel 33, Dish 8941

(The above is the over-the-air channel. If you have cable tv, look at your cable channel list for the PBS-WORLD channel or the above station call numbers WORLD channel.)

For specifics, go to http://www.adoptedforthelifeofme.com/findpbsbroadcasts.php As well as prime time premieres in these major cities on these major PBS stations:   BOSTON (WGBH-WORLD) CLEVELAND (WVIZ-WORLD) COLUMBUS (WOSU-DT) DALLAS (KERA-WORLD) LOS ANGELES (KCET-WORLD) NEW YORK (WLIW-WORLD – owned by WNET) PHILADELPHIA (WHYY-WORLD) ST. LOUIS (KETC-WORLD)   With first ever prime time screenings in:   GEORGIA (entire state), FLORIDA (seven stations), IDAHO (entire state), ILLINOIS (five stations), INDIANA, NEW MEXICO and TENNESSEE.   

 Tamara Thompson

A licensed private investigator since 1989, Tamara Thompson is featured in today’s show due to her specialization in genealogical investigations, fact-gathering through Internet sources, and identifying & finding birthmothers & siblings for adoptees.

Tamara has presented seminars to legal associations on effective use of search engines, social networking sites and information databases to locate & profile people. She has had several articles published in Law Technology News and was profiled in the front page article, Privacy Predicaments Catch Gumshoe’s Eye in the Contra Costa Times.

Tamara holds a BA in Intellectual History. Her popular blog, PIbuzz.com, gives pointers to investigators, journalists and the general public on researching information.

A member of the CA Assoc of Licensed Investigators (CALI), Tamara is the editor of the CALI Journal, is a member of the National Council of Investigation & Security Services as well as the Assoc of Independent Information Professionals.

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