In this Karamo episode, a heated conversation unfolds among several participants (A‑E) about a daughter’s accusation that her mother failed to protect her from abuse while in foster care. The dialogue jumps between topics: uncertainty about the child's biological father and a DNA test, the complexities of adoption and a landmark guardianship case claimed by Speaker C, blame being placed on both parents and the father, reflections on past mistakes and personal growth, and the emotional struggle of reconciling with family members. Speakers argue over responsibility, discuss how past actions shape present identities, and express both frustration and hope for second chances. The episode ends with a call to subscribe to the Karamo YouTube channel.
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Did you know who your baby daddy was at first?
So you gonna do this?
No.
Okay, but guess what? I went and got a DNA test. You didn't till now.
I didn't.
That's right, because I had no intentions in the beginning until I got older.
It doesn't matter.
Until I got older, it still doesn't matter, but don't go there. Don't go there with me.
It doesn't matter. I got questions and you need to answer them. That's right, I don't have to answer nothing.
I don't owe you nothing.
Nothing.
Yeah, so you told me.
I told you his name.
That's you, you can go for him, I don't want nothing to do with him.
You say you ain't want nothing to do with him, cool. You didn't have to have nothing to do with him. But when I was born, you didn't have to talk to him, you could have reached out to his family.
I told him I was pregnant.
It doesn't matter.
I told him I was pregnant.
Okay.
He asked me where we stood, basically. I said, you stand on one side of the street, I stand on the other. You don't come on my side, I don't come on yours. So you wanna blame somebody, blame him.
I'm not blaming just you, it's both of y'all.
No, him too.
It's both of y'all.
Me too.
Both. Both. Me too. Y'all both was wrong.
So what?
And you were wrong too at times too, sweetheart.
Okay.
We made mistakes, but this, you don't feel like you did nothing wrong.
You know what? Guess what? People can't control, people make mistakes every day of their life. Every day of their life they make mistakes and they can't control it. You think I'm proud of things I did in my past? No, I'm not. But guess what? I changed my life around. Do you think that I would change anything in my past? Absolutely not. You want to know why?
Because my past makes me who I am today.
I was given a second chance.
But your past is what caused me to go through what I went through.
You know what?
Guess what?
It might have, but I can't control— I can't control how they treated you inside that house.
Did you know that she was being treated terribly?
I did not know.
You did not know?
I did not know. And as soon as I found out, guess what I did?
What?
I fought for her. I got her back. I was the first woman to get guardianship back of their daughter after they were adopted.
Yeah, but I ran to you.
It doesn't matter.
I didn't have to let you back into my life.
You were adopted. I could have watched you from afar.
But I mean, you were—
I didn't have to come back.
I didn't have to come back.
But you was watching from afar 'cause you came and was a family to somebody else's daughter.
Exactly, but guess what? That's 'cause I reached out for you. That was because I wanted you in my life.
After you was already helping raise somebody else's kids. Oh, well.
That is what it is.
I moved on.
You were adopted.
I'm your kid.
You were adopted. If I was—
listen, if I was to go through what you went through and I had a kid that was in foster care, as soon as I got home, I was gonna find my kid.
Guess what? As soon as I got home, I looked for you.
What did I do? You looked, but you didn't fight. You should've fought right then and there.
How do you figure? You should've— just like when I started running to you, and then you decided to go to court, you should've did everything that you can to see what you could do to get me back.
I did.
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