Baby Broker | 2. Three Babies
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What happened to Teresa and Mike Matheny's adoption?
Was the baby boy even real? It didn't even occur to them that their son might also have been promised to another couple in what the FBI would come to call a double match. But there was another couple who wanted their baby, Tammy and Nick Granath. When I met the Granaths at a recording studio near their home in Chicago last fall, Tammy told me she'd been thinking about adopting for a long time.
To be honest, I always knew that likely I couldn't have my own children. I just knew it. So how I felt is I want to adopt. It's one thing saying it out loud, and it's fine. It's a completely different undertaking when you're actually in it.
What did you imagine it would be like?
I have got to be honest, it wasn't this.
Like most families trying to adopt, Nick and Tammy figured they'd sign up with a private adoption agency, which would match them with a birth mom. But they rejected that idea after visiting an agency in Chicago.
And they flat out tell you, you know, are you looking for a Caucasian baby or are you looking for, you know, an ethnic or African-American baby? And for us, we were open to any gender, any race. And they right away just made it very clear, oh, wow, okay, well, you guys are going to, you're going to match quicker. And also, if you go for an African-American child, it is less money. And that really bothered us. We also asked the average wait list for most of the families. They were saying creeping up to four to five years. And it's because they're waiting for essentially a blonde, blue-eyed baby boy to drop out of the sky. Their specific clientele is more wealthy.
So the Graniths took another route. They run a successful company doing hair and makeup for hundreds of weddings a year. Tammy is the creative visionary. Nick runs the business side. They work with a lot of wedding planners. And they wanted someone like that to help them with their adoption. Someone to connect them with adoption opportunities in different states and guide them along the way. So, the Graniths hired an adoption consultant. And right away, she had a lead.
The first person she told us about was Tara Lee. It's called Always Hope Adoption Agency out of Detroit, Michigan. She had reassured us there's so many babies coming out of this agency.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What happened to Teresa and Mike Matheny's adoption?
2:04–7:33
2
Who is Tara Lee and what role does she play?
7:33–7:58
3
What are the financial implications of adoption?
7:58–12:29
4
How did the Granaths become matched with a third baby?
12:29–13:32
5
What was Sabrina's story and how did it affect the Granaths?
13:32–15:51
6
What challenges did the Granaths face during their adoption journey?
15:51–18:06
7
How did Tara Lee manipulate the Granaths' decisions?
18:06–33:30