I moved to Boston after college to find my birthfather. My sole black parent, who, I’d been told, used to spend a lot of time hanging around the Berklee School of Music—not as a student, or a teacher, ...
Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. A new reader with a new angle on the popular thread: I adopted my ...
Larry Goodijohn, 62, of Merritt Island is thankful that he has finally met his birthfather, Jerry Kane, 83.