Desiree shares about searching for Filippino family in our series dedicated to exploring the complexities, challenges, and realities for intercountry adoptees.
Tag: adopted to America
Searching for my family in Vietnam
Hyun shares about searching for Vietnamese family in our series dedicated to exploring the complexities, challenges, and realities for intercountry adoptees.
Searching for my family in Colombia
Jose shares about searching for Colombian family in our series dedicated to exploring the complexities, challenges, and realities for intercountry adoptees.
Does Justice or Accountability Happen in Illicit Adoptions?
American adoptive mum Jessica Davis shares her thoughts since the guilty plea from adoption agency staffer, Debra Parris, who facilitated the illicit adoption.
Longing (Someday) by Luke McQueen
Luke McQueen shares candidly about himself, his journey as an adoptee and musician, and his song Longing (Someday) - a piece included in ICAVs video resource.
My realities of being adopted from China
by Xue Hua adopted from China to the USA. Hi everyone! My name is Xue Hua and I was adopted as a 1 year old from Hunan, China. I live in Indianapolis in the USA, where I've grown up. My (white American) parents had 3 biological children and then adopted me when their youngest was …
The Duality of being Disabled and Adopted
Erin shares the complexities of living with disability AND being an adoptee.
We are more than Numbers!
Brenna talks about Korean adoption statistics and how adoptees are more than these numbers.
Adoptee Dualities
Abby explores the complex dualities adoptees face, from identity and family connections to cultural struggles, highlighting the emotional toll of navigating adoption experiences.
Distorted Priorities
Not being granted Citizenship as an adoptee is like having a False Positive. It has come to my attention that the US Senate and Congress members have recently been sending letters to push for their agenda in intercountry adoption. The first I attach here to Assistant Secretary Carl Risch requesting attention to recommit to one …
when i am old, cuando sea viejo
when i am old, cuando sea viejo
Why?
Jayme asks why his parents adopted?
One Child Policy Impacts
Chinese adoptee Fuyi expresses her search for identity and origins via her artwork.
Grieving Mother
Joey is adopted from China to the USA and writes about his grief for his first mother.
My DNA History
DNA Brief Hansen Short 2018 Click on the link above. You will then be asked to OPEN or SAVE the file. If you want to watch it - click OPEN. If you want to keep the file - click SAVE. This is a Microsoft PowerPoint slide show with audio inserted in most pages. Click onto …
The Other Half Left Behind
- Many adoptees were sent to orphanages before they were adopted and many do not remember the experiences they had before being sent to their forever homes. At one time, we adoptees may have begun the same journey in life as one of the millions of orphans placed in orphanages. However, a choice made by …
Yellow Snow
I grew up on a dairy farm in rural Minnesota. Minnesota is a state, located in the north central region of the United States and borders Canada. Most people do not know the most northern point of the lower 48 states is located in Minnesota. It should be no surprise to learn Minnesota ranks in …