It's not the same as modern adoption stories, in the main.
It's really moving and I love it. I feel so very sad for families broken apart because of shame and embarrassment about what neighbors would think etc.
That's not the story of modern adoption at all.
One of the most moving was a man from Ireland whose birth mother had had to give him up since she could not work and look after him.
His adoptive mum was great but when he was 10 his adopted father left and the lads life took a bad turn. He ended up on drugs and his adoptive mum re-mortgaged the house to get him into rehab.
Now in his thirties and working as a carpenter he looked for his birth mum. He found her and had an emotional reunion with her.
He then moved to Ireland with his adopted mum as well. When his two mothers met they both thanked each other for the part they had both played in this young man's life. His adopted mum was not temporary, he clearly loved her, he just needed to find his birth mum too.
The situation for many adopted children now is different.
Another family was all about the siblings, one man in his 70s found his birth sister and his half brother and half sister. The emotion at this man's reunion with his siblings was absolutely heart breaking. He had carried a lot of guilt that he got to stay with his mum while his sister did not.
There are actually several stories that revolve around siblings and how they look alike etc.
It may be only because these children had stable, happy upbringings that some are able to go on and search. My friend was adopted and found birth mum and siblings but her adopted mum and the siblings she grew up with are the ones who are a bigger part of her life, I think.