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What is it like to meet your birth parents?

Comedian Dara Ó Briain has said he wanted to find his birth mother to tell her “it worked out OK”...

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13.33 29 Jan 2025


What is it like to meet your birth parents?


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13.33 29 Jan 2025


Comedian Dara Ó Briain has said he wanted to find his birth mother to tell her “it worked out OK” in his life after being adopted as a child. He also spoke about how it was kind of awkward at times…

The Irish stand-up, 52, spoke about his experience of searching and finding his birth parents in his previous comedy tour ‘So Where Were We’?

So, what is it like meeting your birth parents?

Andrea is joined by Clodagh Malone from the Coalition of Mother and Baby Home Survivors, Iseult White, Psychotherapist and author as well as listeners.


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