The inheritance of trauma

Before moving to England, my maternal grandfather was ...

How do you research your family history when you’re adopted? Do you follow the lines of your biological parents, assuming you know who they are, or do you investigate your adopted parents’ families? K

LET COUNSELLOR KEREN LIGHTEN YOUR LOAD

When my pugnaciously no-nonsense granny set about constructing our family tree, she cut through the ambiguity of my place on it by adding (grafted) after my name. It was a fair, if blunt, acknowledgem

Growing up in care can present a range of psychological difficulties, but can also be a positive experience with the right support

The first thing to remind ourselves is that our view of the past is definitely shaped. The way that we understand history is translated, constructed, created for us in multiple ways – the majority of