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Black Voices: Identity and contact - Tony's Story

January 19, 2023 • We Are Family • Season 3 • Episode 4

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Eddie meets Tony who together with his white partner adopted sibling boys who are mixed heritage and white. Tony shares his family's story and how they celebrate and understand their unique identities alongside navigating and embracing contact with the boys' birth mum.

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