For families involved in adoption search and reunion—whether it be a birth parent searching for a birth child or an adoptee searching for birth f
It had been a long time coming. Years, decades, to give you an idea. A move across the world, a job quit, a six-month visa and a single, one-way pl
I sat at the piano, working my way through a difficult song when the thought hit me like a lightning bolt: I should search my daughter’s birth mo
Adoption reunion stories often have sweet endings, but this story comes with a cherry on top. Colorado resident, Martin Schmidt, officiated the mar
It was back in the 1950s. A woman put in a newspaper column that she couldn’t have another child, that she couldn’t take care of the baby that
It is not uncommon for adult adoptees to begin to search for their birth families later in life. In some situations, they wait because they’re ne
In all of us, there is a drive to know. Many of us as adults are still pondering questions such as who am I? where do I belong? am I important? Chi
1. Express your curiosity If Ancestry has taught us anything, it’s that more and more people are curious about where they come from and who they
I want you to think for a moment about all the things you’ve done in your life that you’re not proud of. I have many of them, and IR
I can only imagine what it would be like to miss out on the chance to meet your biological parent. And I can only imagine because I am not an adopt
Ever since she was a teenager, Rebecca wanted to know her mother, wanted to see if she had a close connection to her. Rebecca was adopted at 7 year
An adoption search can be an emotionally daunting task. Like with all other areas of life, people will try to take advantage of you if they sense a
It is incredibly common for a person who was placed for adoption to seek information about his or her birth parents in the case of a closed adoptio
“I had no history. Nothing. Nothing to go on.” Michael Anderson grew up without any biological family, unbeknownst to him. As a young ch
It was a heartwarming reunion in a village in Lulelamulla, Dodangoda. With the help of experts, Ria Sloan found her birth mother, Sumithra, and the
It has been said that our fathers shape what we think of God. This is probably especially true for those of us in the Judeo-Christian tradition, wh