{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Can a Foundling Find Himself? with Paul "Jack" Fronczak - Ep 78","description":"In this week\u2019s Unraveling Adoption podcast, Beth talks with Paul \u201cJack\u201d Fronczak, a military veteran, musician, published author, executive producer, and former actor, who now works for a non-profit organization devoted to changing lives.  An avid bass guitarist and motorcyclist, Paul now lives  in Las Vegas, and has a teenage daughter he calls "the greatest kid in the world."  Eleven years ago, Paul took a test that disproved the story he'd been told about his identity\u2014that he was "Baby Fronczak," the infant who'd been kidnapped from a Chicago hospital in an infamous 1964 crime. In an instant, he became a man without a name, birthday, or medical history\u2014an "unidentified living person," in official terminology. Paul has spent the last ten years searching for answers\u2014and looking for the real Paul Fronczak.  Jack\u2019s story is about identity - or lack thereof. I bet most people struggle with questions of identity - Who am I? What makes me me? What traits of my ancestors are carried on with me? Adoptees, Donor-conceived people, and Not Parent Expected individuals struggle with identity quite a bit more. And Jack\u2019s identity is the biggest mystery I could think of. In this conversation with Jack, we talk about how his lack of identity has affected him, so we can learn how better to take care of our other-than-biological children in our community. =============== \ud83d\udc8c Sign up for our Unraveling Adoption email list: http:\/\/eepurl.com\/hVIAVX =============== RESOURCES:  Paul \u201cJack\u201d Fronczak\u2019s information: Jack\u2019s website: FronczakFiles.com Inside Edition\u2019s piece about Jack\u2019s life: https:\/\/www.insideedition.com\/media\/videos\/man-searching-for-his-true-identity-discovers-hed-been-kidnapped-as-a-baby-57710 20\/20 episode with Barbara Walters: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GhrfT8cZLAM The CNN documentary The Lost Sons, available on Discovery+: https:\/\/www.discoveryplus.com\/show\/the-lost-sons-us  Jack\u2019s first book The Foundling: The True Story of a Kidnapping, a Family Secret, and My Search for the Real Me:  https:\/\/amzn.to\/3DlS5GF Jack\u2019s second book True Identity: Cracking the Oldest Kidnapping Cold Case and Finding My Missing Twin:  https:\/\/amzn.to\/3HAFFNS Other resources mentioned in this episode: CeCe Moore: https:\/\/www.cecemoore.com\/ Finding Your Roots: https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/weta\/finding-your-roots Untangling Our Roots Conference by National Association of Adoptees and Parents (NAAP) and Right to Know - March 30 - April 1, 2023 in Louisville, Kentucky: https:\/\/naapunited.org\/conferences Other Resources: Other Parents Like Me -  https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/other.parents.like.me Heather Ross - Life Coaching for Parents of Addicted Teens: https:\/\/heatherrosscoaching.com\/ Find a Tele-Therapist: https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/therapists\/online-counseling =============== Unraveling Adoption is produced and hosted by Beth Syverson Music written and performed by Joseph Nakao Email questions or comments to Beth@UnravelingAdoption.com Find us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube Support UnravelingAdoption on Patreon: Patreon.com\/UnravelingAdoption www.UnravelingAdoption.com =============== TIME STAMPS:   2:39 Jack\u2019s continuously unraveling life - Cliff\u2019s Notes version of Jack\u2019s life   5:35 Did Jack find the \u201creal Paul?\u201d   7:30 Jack always played a part. No wonder he became an actor! Discovering the kidnapping story 11:35 Did Jack feel like an adoptee growing up? 13:25 The student nurse who helped Jack\u2019s mom after the kidnapping 14:34 Jack\u2019s infancy with his twin Jill 17:20 Jack\u2019s relationship to his [adoptive] parents, foster family, and first family. 2 out of 3 ain\u2019t bad?? 20:30 Jack\u2019s lifelong effects of early chaos and abandonment by his first family 23:50 What is it like being an \u201cunidentified living person?\u201d  26:49 What adoptive parents and allies can do to help adoptees and other \u201cunidentified living person\u201ds 32:20 Jack\u2019s ongoing mysteries make for an interesting life, and we\u2019re all discovering who we really are   ","author_name":"Unraveling Adoption","author_url":"http:\/\/sites.libsyn.com\/452856\/site","html":"