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[Interview With Zoi Kunkle and Pat Jacobs-Kunkle] transcript

[Interview With Zoi Kunkle and Pat Jacobs-Kunkle]

Interview with Zoi Kunkle and her mother, Pat Jacobs-Kunkle, regarding Zoi's adoption from Chenzhou City in Hunan Province, China. Zoi describes her future aspirations and her interests in her birth family and early life in China. Her mother shares her and her husband's decision to adopt and from China in particular, and their thoughts on searching for Zoi's birth family.
Date: 2016~
Creator: Kunkle, Zoi Yi Xing & Jacobs-Kunkle, Pat
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Interview With Myra] transcript

[Interview With Myra]

Interview with Myra regarding the adoption of her younger sister, Lena, from China and their relationship with Lena's birth family in China. Myra speaks about meeting Lena's birth family and visiting their village.
Date: 2016~
Creator: Myra
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Interview With Lily Stafeil] transcript

[Interview With Lily Stafeil]

Interview with Lily Stafeil regarding her adoption from Guangdong Province, China. This interview took place when Lily was nine years old and she speaks about her friends and favorite activities at school. Lily shares what she knows about her adoption story, China in general, and that she'd like to visit China when she's older.
Date: 2016~
Creator: Stafeil, Lily
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Oral History With Zoe Watts] transcript

[Oral History With Zoe Watts]

Oral history interview with Zoe Watts regarding her adoption from Yulin, China. She shares her adoption story and her experience of meeting her foster mother. She also discusses her childhood in Texas, dealing with casual racism and stereotypes, and participation in her local Families with Children from China chapter. She also speaks about her grappling with her identity.
Date: 2016~
Creator: Watts, Zoe
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Interview With Paul Kimberlin] transcript

[Interview With Paul Kimberlin]

Interview with Paul Kimberlin regarding the adoption of Avery Kimberlin from Jiangsu China, discussing his and his wife's decision to adopt from China, and their family and friend's reactions to their decision.
Date: 2016~
Creator: Kimberlin, Paul
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Oral History With Amy and Robert] transcript

[Oral History With Amy and Robert]

Oral history with Lena, Amy, and Robert regarding the adoption of Lena from Southern China. Robert and Amy discuss their successful search for Lena's birth family and the factors that contributed to their success. They also speak about the cultural differences between the United States and China and how they chose to maintain the relationship between their families. Robert and Amy also discuss the challenges of raising Lena in an international open adoption and the complex issues that can arise from maintaining relationship with birth families.
Date: 2016~
Creator: Lena; Amy & Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Oral History with Willa Mei Kurland and Charlotte Cotter, August 21, 2016] transcript

[Oral History with Willa Mei Kurland and Charlotte Cotter, August 21, 2016]

Oral history with Willa Mei Kurland and Charlotte Cotter regarding their trip to China to search for their birth parents. They discuss their expectations going into the trip, the attention they received from the Chinese media, and how they were embraced by Charlotte's birth family and Willa's foster family. Charlotte and Willa also speak about the aftermath of finding their birth and foster families and what their families' hopes and expectations are regarding future contact. This interview was conducted while Willa and Charlotte were in China on their birth parents search, towards the end of their trip.
Date: August 21, 2016
Creator: Cotter, Charlotte & Kurland, Willa Mei
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Oral History With Rachel Stafeil] transcript

[Oral History With Rachel Stafeil]

Oral history with Rachel Stafeil regarding the adoption of Lily Stafeil from Guangdong Province, China, discussing her and her husband's decision to adopt from China. She shares how her older children reacted and adjusted to meeting their new sister and her efforts to connect Lily to Chinese culture.
Date: 2016~
Creator: Stafeil, Rachel
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Interview With Willa Mei Kurland and Charlotte Cotter, 2016] transcript

[Interview With Willa Mei Kurland and Charlotte Cotter, 2016]

Interview of Willa Mei Kurland and Charlotte Cotter (they interview each other), discussing their upcoming trip to China to search for their birth parents. They shares their first steps posting on social media and that Willa had begun contact with her foster family and that Charlotte has had a family step forward as her birth family. Both Willa and Charlotte shares their thoughts on searching with another person and the possibility of having different outcomes. They concurrently maintained a blog where they each shared their experiences regarding the trip and birth parent search and this interview took place after they began their search but before their trip to China.
Date: July 15, 2016
Creator: Kurland, Willa Mei & Cotter, Charlotte
System: The Portal to Texas History