Bike Gallery | Melissa Fay Greene

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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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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 at the beach

$Jesse\'s middle school basketball team$

$Jesse\'s 15th Birthday$

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)

$performing for Helen\'s birthday, 2010$

ready for Homecoming dance, 2010

Druid Hills HS varsity soccer, 2010 (photo by Nill Toulme)

$dancing at Yosef\'s bar mitzvah$

Daniel & Yosef, 2011 (photo by Nill Toulme)

SOL

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2004, newly arrived in America

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

LILY

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Lily, 4, the youngest of four

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

at Oberlin College, freshman year, fall 2010

LEE

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Lee at Big Atetegeb, 2006

Lee at AHOPE, 2006

$Yosef\'s bar mitzvah, 2010$

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

in Ethiopia with Lee, 2006

Santa Fe, summer 07

Lily, Helen & Seth, 2009

Lily & Seth, 2010

in his San Francisco apartment, 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 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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