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Banished Irish Seek Birth Families in Emerald Isle

March 12, 2015 by Fisher Leave a Comment

From the 1940s to the 1970s, over 1,900 Irish kids were adopted in the US.  They were children of unwed mothers in Catholic “homes.”  Here’s the story of the “risky” efforts of some Irish born American adoptees to reconnect with their birth families.

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Filed Under: News Archives Tagged With: adopted, adoptees, Catholic, Catholic Church, homes, ireland, irish, reconnect

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