BIO BRIEF

An Independent Publication. Launched October, 2026 by Patrick Godal.

Aspects from the mind of an adoptee. Dissecting a perspective while working through old trauma & confronting issues with abandonment. A trek (in a sense) through night & day for reconciliation with the past. In a place where oblivion is no longer an option & transparency seems like all that's left.

Originally intended to document a 1,400-mile walk to the west coast. Asked by those who peeked interest in following alongside while maintaining a disconnect from the typical social platform.

The Walk was first attempted in February, 2021 before being [seemingly] forced to decamp & re-strategize due to a lack of resources. Post the return to Houston while quickly implementing a new strategy, more and more personal "mishaps" began surfacing. Rendering into a kind of isolation in order to process Life, Humanity, Family, & Sense Of Self as it rapidly & unexpectedly shifted into the unfamiliar.

You're more than welcome to join me on this [quite intimate] journey of understanding.

Thirty-Seven Years & Counting. Adopted at birth in Santa Ana, California.

Prior to the 1,400-mile trek I made a decision to purchase a DNA test. Thirty-one years at the time, without knowing/having any clear information of my roots. Where I came from...The basic essence of who I am.

To be honest, I thoroughly enjoyed that mystery. It made me feel interesting or strangely worthwhile. At the same time, I still had questions.

With that said, it took about six months after the DNA kit- to finally swab my mouth and send it off.

Ironically, these results would be far more interesting than the mystery of it all. Immediately connecting with three biological siblings. Later informed that there is eight of us in total. Our birth mother passed away six or seven years after my birth. My biological father? (Assuming he's a match to the two siblings that followed immediately after me) has also passed.

Turns out... I'm Irish. This may explain my Irish goodbyes and bring significance to my name. I owe the darker features in my physiology to my Native American descendants. I, being the only one put up for adoption while all seven siblings were eventually taken by CPS.

& So it begins.