GREENVILLE, S.C. —

In the search for her biological family, one Upstate woman has created a space for others who were adopted to do the same. Catherine Smith grew up knowing she was adopted; she also knew her birth family lived in Greenville.

"You feel like a huge part of your life is missing," Catherine Smith said.

"She would walk down the street and say, I wonder if that was my mother or my father," said Carol Smith, Catherine's adoptive mom.

Catherine began her search at age 18, starting with just a newborn picture and a name on her hospital wristband.

"So, I would go to the Greenville Library and go through microfiche, and I did that from the age of 18 to 35," Catherine said.

Carol was by her side every step of the way.

"You struggled," Carol said. "Especially through the teenag

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