Discovering where you come from can be one of the most meaningful journeys of your life. For adoptees, the search for birth parents often feels like uncovering a vital piece of their story-a puzzle ...

Up to 200,000 people adopted as children from abroad are vulnerable to deportation by an administration searching for ...

Marianne Ok Nielsen never wanted children, or a family of her own. She used to tell friends she didn’t feel worthy of that kind of life. For most of her 52 years, she believed she’d been abandoned by ...

IN THEIR OWN WAY. THREE ASIAN ADOPTEES, MILES APART FROM THEIR BIRTHPLACES BUT UNITED BY SHARED ROOTS HERE IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. I WANT TO TAKE YOU TO CAMBODIA. IN THE LATE 1990S, MORE THAN 400 ...

According to a 2022 survey, about 5 million Americans have been adopted, and between 2% and 4% of Americans have adopted a child. This includes adopting children from another nation, adopting American ...

The first time I held my original birth certificate, I was in my 50s. I’d spent a lifetime knowing that I was adopted. I was loved, supported and grateful for my family, but still missing the first ...