Milton resident and adoptee Cindy Dort has spent half her life searching for biological family. But it has not resulted in the happy ending you'd see on TV shows like TLC's "Long Lost Family." Instead, hers is a rare case marked by twists, turns, dead ends, uncertainty and tragedy. 

On this episode of The Eagle: A Times Union Podcast, reporter Leigh Hornbeck and Cindy Dort recount the story of her ill-fated quest to find out where she came from.

Also on this episode, reporter Claire Bryan takes a deep dive into controversy centered on a local girls soccer club team, and Times Union Editor Casey Seiler discusses an alarming spate of shooting deaths and violence that has occurred in the region this month.

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