075 – I’m Good On My Own, I Know Who I Am

<p>In her adopted family Tameko’s parents just assumed that as an adoptee, she was misbehaving, but when her older adopted brother showed up he actually started framing her for terrible things,&nbsp;trying&nbsp;force her out.&nbsp;Even worse, he abused her.&nbsp;On her search, she read a description of her birthmother that humanized her, but the first pictures Tameko saw online documented the hardening of a once beautiful woman.</p><p><a href="#" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read Full Transcript</a>Tameko:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.temi.com/editor/t/Ta5OoT-jiicCBuh5gTYVjUHNrI6nDpo59prngcv7aHZEIZFUuZN1cno1IAcW1qjJ5aazlzsLJRSVjmoPUgOvO7dECBg?loadFrom=DocumentDeeplink&amp;ts=5.4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>00:05</u></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;this is turning her into a real person and I’m like, I’ve never, I’ve never looked at my mom like that. It’s always somebody was always trying to make her seem like a bad person, so it seemed like my adoption was like this a great thing, which it was, but it’s like don’t make her look like a monster.</p><p>Damon:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.temi.com/editor/t/Ta5OoT-jiicCBuh5gTYVjUHNrI6nDpo59prngcv7aHZEIZFUuZN1cno1IAcW1qjJ5aazlzsLJRSVjmoPUgOvO7dECBg?loadFrom=DocumentDeeplink&amp;ts=41.1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>00:41</u></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Who am I? Who am I? Who am I? Who amq I? This is Who am I really a podcast about adoptees that have located and connected with their biological family members. I’m Damon Davis and on., today’s show is Tameko. She called me from Seattle, Washington in her adopted family Tameko. Parents just assumed that a