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When Eden Wilkinson was less than two years old, she had a different name, and lived in an orphanage in Romania. At the time, the country, like many former Soviet satellite states, was struggling economically and, thanks to government policies mandating that women have at least 5 children, was filled with children whose families could not afford to raise them properly. It was estimated that 100,000 children were in need of homes.
In 1994, Demetria Kalodimos accompanied Tennessee Congressman Bart Gordon on a fact-finding mission to Romania. She visited several orphanages, including the one where baby Eden was living. When her segment aired, a family in Nashville was watching. Thirty years later, that child, now grown, reunited with the reporter she first met half a world away.
Guest: Eden Wilkinson
Host: Demetria Kalodimos
Producers: Andrea Tudhope and Steve Haruch
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When Eden Wilkinson was less than two years old, she had a different name, and lived in an orphanage in Romania. At the time, the country, like many former Soviet satellite states, was struggling economically and, thanks to government policies mandating that women have at least 5 children, was filled with children whose families could not afford to raise them properly. It was estimated that 100,000 children were in need of homes.
In 1994, Demetria Kalodimos accompanied Tennessee Congressman Bart Gordon on a fact-finding mission to Romania. She visited several orphanages, including the one where baby Eden was living. When her segment aired, a family in Nashville was watching. Thirty years later, that child, now grown, reunited with the reporter she first met half a world away.
Guest: Eden Wilkinson
Host: Demetria Kalodimos
Producers: Andrea Tudhope and Steve Haruch
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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