Traumatic Bonding

One last word… A final post.

On: January 22, 2022

By MICHELLE RIESS Throughout my adoption discovery, writing has been very therapeutic for me. Unfortunately, writing about my adoption on this website is no longer providing me with the peace or clarity it once brought. While I am happy to have reached so many other late discovery adoptees through thisContinue Reading

Could you secretly be adopted? Red flags that could point to adoption (updated 2023)

On: April 1, 2018

By MICHELLE RIESSOriginally posted 2018. Updated 2023 In September 2017, at age 40, I accidentally discovered that I am adopted after getting a DNA match on Ancestry to one of my three full biological sisters. It was a life-changing experience that redefined (and simultaneously shattered) my entire existence. Before myContinue Reading