It wasn’t until 2002 that a chat with a friend prompted her to think that it might be time to investigate the circumstances around her birth.
Brown contacted a charity, which pointed her towards a nun it said could help. But she said the nun dodged her calls for months. When she finally picked up the phone, Brown says she was “rudely” told — with no further explanation — that she wasn’t entitled to her personal information, but that she could come for counseling.
“I took it for granted that all I had to do was ask [for my information],” Brown told CNN. “I didn’t realize I was setting…