’Come to orgy, wife wrote to friend’: discovering the truth behind why I was adopted

Saul Eskake grew up knowing he was adopted and for a long time felt content knowing nothing about his biological parents, but when Saul and his wife adopted their own children, he decided it was time to find out where he came from.

What Saul discovered in his adoption file revealed a story far more complicated and controversial than he could have ever imagined.And it took more than twenty years for Saul to unravel the mystery and to finally experience the joy of meeting the siblings he never knew existed.

This episode of Conversations was produced by Jen Leake, the Executive Producer is Nicola Harrison.

It explores adoption, family history, secrecy, divorce, pilots, tabloid press, adopted siblings, birth records, adoption process, adoption file, records, rejection, history, crime, fraud, genealogy, blood relatives, siblings, Tasmania, growing up in the UK, data, mystery.

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