Born Between The Lines: Lucy’s Adoption Story https://queenethelburgas.podbean.com

What do you say to the parents you've never met? Lucy was adopted as a baby, and when she turned 18 she decided to find out. In Born Between the Lines, a five-part series made by two students in Queen Ethelburga's studio in York, she tells her own adoption story. She also sits down with other adopted people, parents and the professionals who bring families together, to talk honestly about identity, belonging and the comments nobody should have to hear. Each episode ends with a letter to her birth parents, and by the finale that letter has been answered.

]]> Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:29:04 +0100 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en Copyright 2026 All rights reserved. Society & Culture:Relationships 1440 episodic Queen Ethelburga’s Studios Queen Ethelburga’s Studios No false https://feed.podbean.com/queenethelburgas/feed.xml https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/22670756/BornBetween2.png Born Between The Lines: Lucy’s Adoption Story https://queenethelburgas.podbean.com 144 144 Born Between The Lines Ep1 Lucy's Story Born Between The Lines Ep1 Lucy's Story https://queenethelburgas.podbean.com/e/episode-1-lucys-story/ https://queenethelburgas.podbean.com/e/episode-1-lucys-story/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:29:04 +0100 ptaylorbrown.podbean.com/382e6f8b-9204-3c49-bf97-7ebbe94dee05 When Lucy was little, a boy at school asked if she used to live in an orphanage. In the first episode, Lucy and her best friend and Director, Anna, look at what adoption really means, bust the myths about who can adopt, and begin telling Lucy's story, from her "tummy mummy" to the people who told her she was lucky. Honest, funny in places, and ending with the first lines of a letter to her birth parents.

]]> When Lucy was little, a boy at school asked if she used to live in an orphanage. In the first episode, Lucy and her best friend and Director, Anna, look at what adoption really means, bust the myths about who can adopt, and begin telling Lucy's story, from her "tummy mummy" to the people who told her she was lucky. Honest, funny in places, and ending with the first lines of a letter to her birth parents.

]]> A boy once asked Lucy if she used to work in an orphanage. She’s been answering questions like that ever since. Lucy begins her adoption story. Queen Ethelburga’s Studios false No 966 1 1 full Born Between The Lines Ep2 Adoption Process and Support Born Between The Lines Ep2 Adoption Process and Support https://queenethelburgas.podbean.com/e/episode-2/ https://queenethelburgas.podbean.com/e/episode-2/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:28:57 +0100 ptaylorbrown.podbean.com/69cc036b-d55a-3c97-85ad-92ace5b4eab3 "Our job is to find families for our children, not children for our families." Charlotte and Steph from One Adoption West Yorkshire explain what really happens when someone decides to adopt, from the first information evening to the years after a child moves in. Why are some people told to wait? Why does a child's life story matter so much? And what is it like when adoptive and birth families meet for the first time?

]]> "Our job is to find families for our children, not children for our families." Charlotte and Steph from One Adoption West Yorkshire explain what really happens when someone decides to adopt, from the first information evening to the years after a child moves in. Why are some people told to wait? Why does a child's life story matter so much? And what is it like when adoptive and birth families meet for the first time?

]]> Queen Ethelburga’s Studios false No 1908 1 2 full Born Between The Lines Ep3 Mother and Adopted Daughter Born Between The Lines Ep3 Mother and Adopted Daughter https://queenethelburgas.podbean.com/e/episode-3/ https://queenethelburgas.podbean.com/e/episode-3/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:28:45 +0100 ptaylorbrown.podbean.com/237f6f49-dcf1-3284-9627-e46d48487b34 Her brother was adamant he didn't want a new sister, until baby Holly crawled across the room and held her arms out to him and nobody else. Holly and her mum, Jane, share the stories that shaped their family, from sibling pranks and awkward questions to the day Holly's phone pinged with a message from her birth mother. A warm, funny conversation about finding where you came from and still knowing exactly where home is.

]]> Her brother was adamant he didn't want a new sister, until baby Holly crawled across the room and held her arms out to him and nobody else. Holly and her mum, Jane, share the stories that shaped their family, from sibling pranks and awkward questions to the day Holly's phone pinged with a message from her birth mother. A warm, funny conversation about finding where you came from and still knowing exactly where home is.

]]> A baby, a reluctant big brother and a message from a birth mother. Holly and her mum, Jane, on the family they made. Queen Ethelburga’s Studios false No 1541 1 3 full Born Between The Lines Ep4 Social Attitudes and Stigmas Born Between The Lines Ep4 Social Attitudes and Stigmas https://queenethelburgas.podbean.com/e/episode-4/ https://queenethelburgas.podbean.com/e/episode-4/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:28:13 +0100 ptaylorbrown.podbean.com/b1a6c04f-c713-3eed-a799-9b0f048442c1 "Were you found in a bin?" "Didn't your parents want you?" Tanya, who manages the Adopteens service and is adopted herself, goes through the comments adopted teenagers hear every day, and Lucy recognises almost all of them. They talk about why adoption is still used as a punchline, what films and TV keep getting wrong, and why support shouldn't stop at 18. This one will change how you hear a throwaway joke.

]]> "Were you found in a bin?" "Didn't your parents want you?" Tanya, who manages the Adopteens service and is adopted herself, goes through the comments adopted teenagers hear every day, and Lucy recognises almost all of them. They talk about why adoption is still used as a punchline, what films and TV keep getting wrong, and why support shouldn't stop at 18. This one will change how you hear a throwaway joke.

]]> ”Were you found in a bin?” Adopted teens hear it all. Tanya from Adopteen on the stigma, the jokes and why support shouldn’t stop at 18. Queen Ethelburga’s Studios false No 1340 1 4 full Born Between The Lines Ep5 Looking Forward Born Between The Lines Ep5 Looking Forward https://queenethelburgas.podbean.com/e/episode-5-looking-forward/ https://queenethelburgas.podbean.com/e/episode-5-looking-forward/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:27:59 +0100 ptaylorbrown.podbean.com/5ca2a5d2-8589-3f62-98c4-e1c28eeeee9d At the start of the series, Lucy began a letter to the birth parents she had never spoken to. Now she has sent it, and both of them have written back. In the finale, adopted people, parents, friends and professionals share what they wish the world understood and the message they would leave for the next generation. Then Lucy reads her letter, in full, for the first time. The ending the whole series has been building to.

]]> At the start of the series, Lucy began a letter to the birth parents she had never spoken to. Now she has sent it, and both of them have written back. In the finale, adopted people, parents, friends and professionals share what they wish the world understood and the message they would leave for the next generation. Then Lucy reads her letter, in full, for the first time. The ending the whole series has been building to.

]]> Lucy wrote to her birth parents, and both wrote back. The finale brings together voices from across the adoption community, and her letter in full. Queen Ethelburga’s Studios false No 1111 1 5 full