Hey hey! I’m Lidet O’Connor, an Ethiopian adoptee, storyteller, and the person behind this podcast.
Growing up, I often felt alone with the weight of being adopted across cultures, countries, and expectations. But I also heard stories, our stories, that mirrored mine in deep, complex, and often painful ways.
This podcast started as a way to document those voices. And now, it’s become something more: a living, growing archive of Ethiopian adoptee experiences—across ages, languages, losses, and lives.
Here, I interview other Ethiopian adoptees and explore the themes that tie us together: identity, grief, belonging, race, return, and reclamation. Nothing’s too neat. Nothing’s too polished. That’s the point.
If you’ve ever felt alone in this process, know that you’re not. We gotchu. And we’re so glad you found your way here.
Welcome to Ethiopian Adoptees – Unapologetically Unfiltered
A podcast. A community. A cultural preservation in progress.
Email: ethiopianadopteesUU@gmail.com
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Hey hey! I’m Lidet O’Connor, an Ethiopian adoptee, storyteller, and the person behind this podcast.
Growing up, I often felt alone with the weight of being adopted across cultures, countries, and expectations. But I also heard stories, our stories, that mirrored mine in deep, complex, and often painful ways.
This podcast started as a way to document those voices. And now, it’s become something more: a living, growing archive of Ethiopian adoptee experiences—across ages, languages, losses, and lives.
Here, I interview other Ethiopian adoptees and explore the themes that tie us together: identity, grief, belonging, race, return, and reclamation. Nothing’s too neat. Nothing’s too polished. That’s the point.
If you’ve ever felt alone in this process, know that you’re not. We gotchu. And we’re so glad you found your way here.
Welcome to Ethiopian Adoptees – Unapologetically Unfiltered
A podcast. A community. A cultural preservation in progress.
Email: ethiopianadopteesUU@gmail.com
Gediyon Prince: I would have chosen to stay (in Ethiopia)
Ethiopian Adoptees | Unapologetically Unfiltered
1 hour 2 minutes 18 seconds
2 years ago
Gediyon Prince: I would have chosen to stay (in Ethiopia)
Our second guest is my good friend, Gediyon Prince! Gediyon is a 24-year-old Ethiopian adoptee. He was adopted in 2006, at the age of 7, after nearly two years at Wide Horizons orphanage, located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In this episode, Gediyon illuminates how adoption complicates notions of identity, family dynamics, biology, and the concept of choice, and how he coped with it all. We also chat about the crisis adoptees face as a result of getting caught at the intersection of whiteness and blackness as a result of transracial adoption. His truth further helps to redefine our understanding of adoption, adoptees, and the traumatic process that is adoption. Unlike the normalized narrative pushed on adoptees of being grateful for their adoption, Gediyon's experience challenges that some adoptees like him, would have chosen to stay. What a concept! Thank you Gediyon for sharing your story with all of us; it's not easy. I hope you all enjoy the episode! As always, feel free to reach out with comments or suggestions.
xoxo - Lidet
Ethiopian Adoptees | Unapologetically Unfiltered
Hey hey! I’m Lidet O’Connor, an Ethiopian adoptee, storyteller, and the person behind this podcast.
Growing up, I often felt alone with the weight of being adopted across cultures, countries, and expectations. But I also heard stories, our stories, that mirrored mine in deep, complex, and often painful ways.
This podcast started as a way to document those voices. And now, it’s become something more: a living, growing archive of Ethiopian adoptee experiences—across ages, languages, losses, and lives.
Here, I interview other Ethiopian adoptees and explore the themes that tie us together: identity, grief, belonging, race, return, and reclamation. Nothing’s too neat. Nothing’s too polished. That’s the point.
If you’ve ever felt alone in this process, know that you’re not. We gotchu. And we’re so glad you found your way here.
Welcome to Ethiopian Adoptees – Unapologetically Unfiltered
A podcast. A community. A cultural preservation in progress.
Email: ethiopianadopteesUU@gmail.com
