Jad Abumrad (host) / main Radiolab host voice

Hey Radiolab, this is Lulu.

Today we're bringing you a story that begins with a very personal heartbreak.

One that when you examine it, pull it up, you see is attached to this web of complex laws and decisions.

It's this one very personal story with the potential to affect three million people.

Just a note that we originally reported this back in 2013.

And in it, people use the word Indian to refer to indigenous Americans.

That, of course, is a term that some folks who are indigenous use to describe themselves, but not all.

So we want to acknowledge that one term is being used here to describe a huge culturally diverse group of people.

I'm very excited for you to hear this piece, which, as you'll see, is still just as relevant today.

So here we go.

Adoptive couple v. baby girl.

Wait, you're listening?

Hey, I'm Jad Abumrad.

I'm Robert Krulwich.

This is Radiolab.

The podcast.

And today on the podcast, we are going to venture into new territory for us.

There aren't 500 in there.

No, there are.

Look, I've seen the front of the UN.