Family Connections: A WTIP Community Conversation

In October 2017, WTIP aired a special hour-long program focused on people connecting with family members from their past.

The program featured two Cook County residents who were in the process of connecting with family members from their early childhood, or in one case with relatives they’d never met.

This month’s first Thursday community conversation with Joe Friedrichs is a follow up to that show from 2017 about reconnecting with family members and what the process can entail both emotionally and how it can be done in the modern era.

Cook County resident Heidi Doo-Kirk shares her story about a sister who was taken from the home as a young child. We also hear from Cook County resident Stan Tull who was adopted and his efforts to trace his biological roots.

Joe Friedrichs May 2, 2019