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EPISODE · Jun 4, 2026 · 17 MIN

Coming Home - Bentley Streat Honors Her Birth Mother, Lois Cornish

from Legacy Stories · host Steve Young

Bentley Streat joins Steve Young to honor her birth mother, Lois Cornish, and to reflect on a life shaped by adoption, curiosity, and the search for belonging.Photos and more: https://legacystories.usGrowing up in Richmond, Virginia, Bentley always knew she was adopted, but understanding what that meant emotionally became more complicated as she got older. While deeply loved by her adoptive family, she often felt different from the people around her and struggled to understand why.As an adult, Bentley began searching for answers — a journey that eventually opened the door to relationships and discoveries that reshaped the way she understood herself.Along the way, Bentley shares stories that are funny, vulnerable, and deeply honest about family expectations, identity, personality, and the complicated beauty of human relationships.At its core, this episode explores what it means to finally feel recognized — not for who someone hoped you would become, but for who you already are.

Bentley Streat joins Steve Young to honor her birth mother, Lois Cornish, and to reflect on a life shaped by adoption, curiosity, and the search for belonging.Photos and more: https://legacystories.usGrowing up in Richmond, Virginia, Bentley always knew she was adopted, but understanding what that meant emotionally became more complicated as she got older. While deeply loved by her adoptive family, she often felt different from the people around her and struggled to understand why.As an adult, Bentley began searching for answers — a journey that eventually opened the door to relationships and discoveries that reshaped the way she understood herself.Along the way, Bentley shares stories that are funny, vulnerable, and deeply honest about family expectations, identity, personality, and the complicated beauty of human relationships.At its core, this episode explores what it means to finally feel recognized — not for who someone hoped you would become, but for who you already are.

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Bentley Streat joins Steve Young to honor her birth mother, Lois Cornish, and to reflect on a life shaped by adoption, curiosity, and the search for belonging.Photos and more: https://legacystories.usGrowing up in Richmond, Virginia, Bentley always...

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