Charlotte Observer reporter Théoden Janes’ quest to find his biologicial parents
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Searching for adoption truth
The Charlotte Observer’s Théoden Janes recently found himself doing a deep dive into the history of his adoption. It’s unearthed other stories of adoptions from South Korea that has left him questioning everything.
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As a baby, I was left on a street by ... someone. As an adult, I tried to figure out why
Charlotte Observer reporter Théoden Janes’ quest to find his biologicial parents
They did DNA tests to verify they were sisters. By accident, they found their birth father.
I wrote a story last year about my adoption. Was some of it possibly based on a lie?
Théoden Janes, a veteran reporter for The Charlotte Observer, was orphaned as a baby in South Korea and adopted by a couple in the U.S. when he was nine months old. For most of the past five decades, he’d never been much interested in learning about how or why he ended up here. But recently, he finally decided to do a deep dive into his history as an adoptee — and to hunt for clues to his life’s mysteries.
This story was originally published October 21, 2022 at 6:00 AM.
Théoden Janes
The Charlotte Observer