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Charlotte's Web

Television (Excerpts) – 2003

I've got a new family on its way, that's how I feel. That big question mark's gone away now.
– Dawson on making contact with her birth mother
What was I thinking? I look so tragic!
– Charlotte Dawson looks at photos of herself as a model in the 80s
Because I want to have children soon and, I think, for me, especially at my age now [37] I want to know my DNA … it's mostly for that sort of reason: the health issue.
– Dawson on being asked why she wants to find her birth mother