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[quote=Anonymous]OP here.  I'm very active in the adoptee community and know all about the variety of search outcomes.  I'm fully prepared for a negative outcome and im fact, believe strongly that birth parents have a right to privacy, so while I can't say I wouldn't be disappointed if my birth parents don't want to meet, I would fully understand and respect that.  I also had to go through some counseling from my adoption agency when I first started as a requirement to searching. I'm extremely happy with my life here so there's no underlying unhappiness on my part.

My motivation for doing it publicly is that it's good publicity, basically vs. searching privately.  The people in my homeland eat these adoption documentaries up and they're widely watched and discussed. The broadcasting company has a lot of resources, clout, and connections available, which a PI would not.  I've been searching on my own for almost 9 years and it has led to very limited info. Almost as soon as I met people from the broadcasting company, more concrete info was available.

I should make it clear that my sister IS interested in searching, just not in this particular manner.  She's shared costs with me when we basically did hire a PI as well as other costs associated with privately searching. What is frustrating to me is that a tv station is begging us to participate, when most adoptees I know would give a lot for this opportunity, but that my sister is a barrier to being able to take advantage of this.  And that's what I have to let go of.[/quote]

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