akaDan meets his Korean foster mom

Have I ever looked at my adoption records?  Yes.  Were there any previously overlooked hints about my birth parents?  No. Would I have sought my birth parents if there was information?  I'm not sure.  I have never pined for my birth mom or dad.  As a kid I figured they just plain died.  When I got older, I realized my birth parents were more likely were teens dealing with an unplanned pregnancy, poor, and/or were a family dealing with addiction or abuse.  Reality is stable families do not give up their kids.

I've been watching akaDan the documentary series on ISAtv about a 20-something rapper, Korean adoptee who meets his birth family and discovers he's a twin.  I'm generally not intrigued by returning-to-the-homeland stories, but I'm kind of hooked on akaDan. The most full-bodied episode yet is part 4, "My Foster Mother," where Dan meets the Korean ajumma who cared for him as an infant. 

Hear akaDan's full theme song featuring Clara Chung.

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