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Andie and Jenna

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Heyltslori
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09-15-2001

Wednesday, September 01, 2010 - 8:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Heyltslori a private message Print Post    
Andie and Jenna

Andie and Jenna
Andie DeKroon
Age: 43

Hometown: Atlanta, Ga.

Connection to your Teammate: Birth Mother

Current occupation: Stay at home mom

Favorite hobbies: Running, hiking, scrapbooking and learning foreign languages

Achievements: Choosing life when faced with an unplanned pregnancy. More recently, raising a big family.

Lifelong to do list: Skydive, bungee jump and get a diver's certification. I'm definitely having a midlife crisis.

What scares you most about traveling? The fear that something bad will happen while I'm abroad and it will be hard for me to get to my family.

What excites you most about traveling? Being somewhere totally out of my comfort zone

If I could switch places with someone: A younger version of myself. I would love to have a do-over knowing what I know now.

Role model/hero: My husband, Joe, because his strength of character never wavers. He inspires me to be the best person I can be.

What are you passionate about? My kids! I love every part of being their mother.

What would you do if you won the million dollars? I would give at least 10 percent to my children's school and to the Muscular Dystrophy Association to help kids like my sweet nephew, Mateo. The rest would go to raising and education my children.

People would be surprised to learn: I am an at-home mom of 10 children, ages 18 months to 18 years.

Favorite place you have ever visited: I visited Rome, Italy when I was 23 years-old.

Biggest challenge you and your teammate will face on the Race together: Experiencing all the stresses the other teams are facing, with the added stress that we've only just met and are still getting to know each other.

What do you hope to accomplish by running the Race (other then winning one million bucks)? I want to get to know this person I brought into the world. I feel the opportunity of being together 24/7 for a while on the Race would give us the chance to know each other in a deeper way than we would if we met under normal circumstances.

Pet peeve about your teammate: I don't know her well enough to have a pet peeve yet!

Jenna Sykes
Age: 21

Hometown: Athens, Ga.

Connection to your Teammate: Biological daughter

Current occupation: Student

Favorite hobbies: Traveling, movies and enjoying the music and nightlife in Athens excites me.

Achievements: Testing my fear of heights by going glacier bungee jumping off a 300 foot cliff

Lifelong to do list: I would like to have a family, be successful and never be afraid to dream bigger than what I thought was ever possible.

What scares you most about traveling? Absolutely nothing

What excites you most about traveling? It opens my mind to entirely different perspectives and way of life. I love to see everything I can and be completely in the moment.

If I could switch places with someone: I wouldn't because I love my life! But, one Saturday as Uga (Georgia Bulldogs mascot) would be really fun.

Role model/hero: My parents. I'll be lucky to be half the person and half the parent that each of them are.

What are you passionate about? Traveling, seeing the world, writing, reading and loving my friends and family

What would you do if you won the million dollars? I would take my parents and friends to Italy and then save the rest.

People would be surprised to learn: I can rough it. I can't wait to go without makeup, without showering and without sleep on the Race.

Favorite place you have ever visited: I love Interlaken, Switzerland. It is the extreme sports capital of the world!

Biggest challenge you and your teammate will face on the Race together: Since we just met, it will be harder for us to race without knowing one another as well as the other teams do. We have to trust each other way more and have faith in ourselves.

What do you hope to accomplish by running the Race (other then winning one million bucks)? I hope to get to know my birth mother through this incredible opportunity. It is my hope that we will be able to spend a lot of time together and become friends.

Wilsonatmd
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01-23-2001

Wednesday, September 01, 2010 - 8:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wilsonatmd a private message Print Post    
TEN kids? And she gave up the 11th?

Panda
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07-15-2005

Wednesday, September 01, 2010 - 11:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Panda a private message Print Post    
Well it seems she gave up the 1st then had 10 more. Interesting.

Konamouse
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, September 01, 2010 - 3:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Konamouse a private message Print Post    
NOT a good time/place to get to know your birth mother....way too stressful for established relationships.


Wilsonatmd
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01-23-2001

Wednesday, September 01, 2010 - 3:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wilsonatmd a private message Print Post    
The team video was good though- seems like Andie is at peace with the decision she made, and is glad Jenna grew up in a loving family..

Lilfair
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07-09-2003

Thursday, September 02, 2010 - 12:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lilfair a private message Print Post    
I can't help but root for them and hope that this experience will bond them for life. I can't think of a better way to really get to know someone. Good luck ladies!

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Thursday, September 02, 2010 - 12:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
Also no way of knowing of all 10 children are her biological children...her husband could have had children from a prior relationship.

She would have been 22 when she gave birth to her daughter she gave away...should be an interesting story.

Wilsonatmd
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01-23-2001

Thursday, September 02, 2010 - 12:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wilsonatmd a private message Print Post    
I was just going to say that Roxip- some of them could also be adopted.

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Thursday, September 02, 2010 - 1:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
I haave so much respect for mothers who realize that - for whatever reason - they are not equipped to give their baby an optimal life at that time in their own lives, give the children up to folks who can.

Lilfair
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07-09-2003

Thursday, September 02, 2010 - 4:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lilfair a private message Print Post    
I have several friends that have adopted and I have 2 very close friends one a male and the other female that are adopted. And my son and dil are in the process of adopting. I also have 2 friends that chose to abort unwanted pregnancies. I really respect women that choose to give their children up for adoption. I also feel the need to say I absolutely support a woman's right to chose. I don't, in anyway want anyone to think that I am anti choice or make any condemnation on those who do not go through with an unwanted pregnancy.

I want these 2 women to come through this knowing each other better and to be friends.

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Thursday, September 02, 2010 - 4:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
I too am totally pro-choice and applaud those women who recognize that - at that particular point in their lives they are not equipped to rear a child - their child will have a bettr life in another family situation.

Bicbicz911
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08-19-2005

Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - 1:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bicbicz911 a private message Print Post    
As an adoptee, I feel an affinity for this team. I hope they do well. When I was Jenna's age, I wanted more than anything to find my birth mother. I never did. I'm very happy for these two that they found each other and I'm hoping for a wonderful friendship to grow between them.

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Thursday, September 09, 2010 - 8:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
Hate abortion...support a woman's right to choose but absolutely hate it. Wish there were better options...and that we could convince our young women to protect themselves better!