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Someone Else's Child

Episode 2: Jackie Kay

Duration: 25 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio OrkneyLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Scotland Highlands and Islands

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Lorraine Kelly speaks with Scottish novelist Jackie Kay about her quest to find her biological parents and how her journey took her to Nigeria, where she traced her birth family.

They also discuss her adoption by white parents, her life growing up in Glasgow, and how finding your identity as an adopted child is not always complete when you trace your biological family. Show less

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