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Tag: displaced people

Searching for my family in Russia

On June 29, 2023January 21, 2024 By Guest BloggerIn Adoptees Educate, Canada, Grief and Loss, Illegal Adoption, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Origins Search, Russia, Search and Reunion in Adoption, Trauma in Adoption2 Comments

Raya shares about searching for Russian family in our series dedicated to exploring the complexities, challenges, and realities for intercountry adoptees.

So Much Loss in Adoption

On February 13, 2022February 6, 2022 By Guest BloggerIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

by Maars, taken from the Philippines to Canada. You can follow Maars @BlackSheepMaars I have been researching my roots for the last 3.5 years. When I first started this journey, I had nothing but scribbled memories of moments that provided places and names. Mostly by things I've overheard growing up when my family would speak …

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