" Most Michigan residents can get a copy of their birth certificates within weeks by simply placing an order online.

But for Detroit native Rudy Owens, attempts to obtain his birth records took decades of legal battles.

Why? Because he is an adoptee.

Owens is the author of a new book You Don’t Know How Lucky You are: An Adoptee’s Journey Through the American Adoption Experience.

(From, Michigan Radio, Stateside, June 11, 2018) "

― Rudy Owens