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Ennatu Domingo was adopted from Ethiopia at the age of seven and transplanted to Barcelona where she learned to flourish. But she never forgot her nomadic childhood in the mountains and meadows of Gondar, near the northern border with Eritrea. Having witnessed the hardships of Ethiopian rural women at an early age, she was inspired to study the patriarchal structures that underpinned her individual experiences, both in Europe and in contemporary Ethiopia.

Original Origins Podcast is a show dedicated to telling the various stories in the adoption community. Hosted by a social worker, adoption professional, and daughter of a transnational adoptee, Original Origins explores the complexities of adoption by interviewing members of the community, and opening the door for discussion.

Delve into the profound layers of the adoptee experience, where the quest for identity meets the heart's deepest yearnings. For many, the word "adoption" signifies love and compassion, but for Jeremy Miller, an adoptee, it meant navigating a maze of emotions, from longing to belonging. As a child, he felt the invisible divide — a gap between the love he received from his adoptive family and the mysterious love of a birth family he had yet to meet. It wasn’t until 32 that he truly understood this, upon meeting his biological family. Jeremy’s perspective is uniquely dual-sided: not only ...