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[Oral History with Sarah Heath and Celena Kopinski] transcript

[Oral History with Sarah Heath and Celena Kopinski]

Oral History with Sarah Heath and Celena Kopinski regarding their adoption from the Changzhou CWI in Jiangsu Province, China. They discuss how they connected over Facebook which lead to them discovering they were twins who had been adopted separately. Both Sarah and Celena offer their thoughts on the process of discovering they were twins and the shock of finding each other after accepting that it was likely they would never know their biological family. They discuss their respective childhoods, adoption stories, and their respective trips to China to learn more about their origins.
Date: unknown
Creator: Heath, Sarah & Kopinski, Celena
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Interview With Emi and Diane Pennington] transcript

[Interview With Emi and Diane Pennington]

Interview with Emi and Diane Pennington regarding the adoption of Emi Pennington from Shaoyang, Hunan Province, China. Diane shares how she arrived at her decision to adopt from China and speaks about their family dynamic. Both Emi and Diane share their feelings about the public reactions to them together. Emi also speaks about her feelings on visiting China or searching for her birth parents.
Date: 2015~
Creator: Pennington, Emi & Pennington, Diane
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Interview with Jill Warnke] transcript

[Interview with Jill Warnke]

Interview with Jill Warnke regarding her adoption Jiangxi Province, China. Jill speaks about her interests and extracurricular activities, including her participation in the musical, "Annie" acting as Tessie and a recent school project on China. She also shares her excitement and plans for an upcoming trip to China and her thoughts on other kids asking questions about her family.
Date: unknown
Creator: Warnke, Jill
System: The Portal to Texas History