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A FAMILY PORTRAIT GALLERY

Standing, left-to-right: Daniel, Lily, Melissa, Donny, Seth, Jesse.
Seated: Molly, Yosef, Helen, Lee, Sol.


Our son Fisseha “Sol” Samuel recently told the story of his reunion with his birthmother to his oldest sister, Molly Samuel, an independent public radio producer and reporter in San Francisco. The story she created was nationally broadcast by the show, SNAP JUDGMENT. Please enjoy Fisseha’s Story:



YOSEF

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10/05 Yosef (on left) at Big Atetegeb with his friend Daniel
Yosef & Daniel Gizaw with Lee, Spring 2006
Yosef (in striped shirt) at Big Atetegeb with future mother, Summer 2006
Keeper on Big Atetegeb\'s soccer team, Summer 06
Daniel & Yosef Gizaw at Big Atetegeb, Spring 07
In America! At Andy Reed\'s summer house, July 07
Grayton Beach, FL, Spring Break 2010
GSA club soccer, 2010
GSA club soccer, 2010
Yosef\'s Bar Mitzvah weekend, May 2010

HELEN
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helen-1
First morning in America, 2/15/02
Helen in 4th grade, 2005
Helen, age 10, June 06
Helen, age 10, June 06
with best friends at JCC Camp Barney
Helen\'s Bat Mitzvah portrait, May 2008
With Daniel at Amelia Island for Thanksgiving 2009
Helen, 13, with Lee at Yosef\'s Bar Mitzvah, May 2010
Helen, 14,  in 8th grade at Paideia School, Atlanta

JESSE
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Jesse in orphanage, 10/99
Donny & Jesse in orphanage, 10/99
Jesse, age 4, outside his orphanage in rural Bulgaria, March 1999
Jesse, 11
Jesse at the beach
May 2010
Jesse\'s middle school basketball team
Jesse\'s 15th Birthday
Portrait of Jesse by Lily
Portrait of Jesse by Lily

DANIEL
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Daniel & Yosef in orphanage, date unknown
October 05: Molly visits the orphanage, is photographed with Daniel
Daniel on far right, on orphanage soccer team (Yosef beside him)
9th grade
performing for Helen\'s birthday, 2010
ready for Homecoming dance, 2010
Druid Hills HS varsity soccer, 2010 (photo by Nill Toulme)
Hanukah 2010
dancing at Yosef\'s bar mitzvah
Daniel & Yosef, 2011 (photo by Nill Toulme)

SOL
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2004, newly arrived in America
2004
first Thanksgiving 11/04
July 2007, at cousin\'s wedding
Thanksgiving 09: teaching Helen to drive golf-cart
Amelia Island, FL, 2009
GSA club soccer team wins State Cup, 2010
Druid Hills varsity, 2010
May 2010
June 2010

LILY
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Lily, 4, the youngest of four
Lily at 13
in the backyard, 2008
with Donny, 2010
in Italy, summer 2010
in Italy with friends, summer 2010
Lily & Daniel, summer 2010
Lily & Molly, San Francisco, Jan 2011
2010
at Oberlin College, freshman year, fall 2010

LEE
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baby Lee
Lee at Big Atetegeb, 2006
Lee at AHOPE, 2006
summer 2007
Yosef\'s bar mitzvah, 2010
Lily visits Lee in Israel, summer 2010
Lee with friends in Israel, 2010
Lee with Maya & family at Phillies game, 2010
Lee\'s 23rd birthday, 2/10/11
Lee\'s 23rd birthday, 2/10/11

SETH
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Future Oberlinian
seth
in Ethiopia with Lee, 2006
Santa Fe, summer 07
Lily, Helen & Seth, 2009
Lily & Seth, 2010
in his San Francisco apartment, 2010
Passover 2010
with Yosef & Helen, 2010
Grayton Beach, FL, 2010

MOLLY
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1985: Molly & Raggedy Ann
Amelia Island, FL
Molly & Andy, 2006
taking Lee to Giants game, 2008
Lee & Seth visit SF, 2008
In Big Sur on a hike with the Middlebury fellows
Canoeing in the Adirondacks with brave water dog
December 2009
December 2010: Dad & girls
2010: Molly & Lily

Scenes from NO BIKING IN THE HOUSE
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There\'s a wild squirrel on Jesse\'s head
Melissa at Big Atetegeb, 2005
Fisseha\'s grandmother, Tsehai, demonstrates the art of the bullwhip
2005: Molly visits Tsehai
Lee, 18, moves to Addis Ababa, 2006
Fisseha arrives on return trip to Ethiopia, 2007
Seth at Big Atetegeb, summer 2006
Daniel, Lee & Yosef await the family\'s arrival from Atlanta, Spring Break 2007
Lily arrives in Addis Ababa, 2007
Tshai greets Lily, 2007
Lee & Maya en route from Tel Aviv to Addis Ababa, 2009
The nine dancing together at Yosef\'s Bar Mitzvah, May 2010
The nine dancing together at Yosef\'s Bar Mitzvah, May 2010
The nine dancing together at Yosef\'s Bar Mitzvah, May 2010
The nine dancing together at Yosef\'s Bar Mitzvah, May 2010

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