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Geographies of Kinship | I Didn't Even Know My Name

For Estelle Cooke-Sampson, a Black-Korean adoptee, her beginnings are marked with questions. Many Korean adoptees like Cooke-Sampson are now searching for answers in their home country about who they are, where they come from and the family they may have.

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