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Tag: international adoption and DNA testing

Searching in Intercountry Adoption by Adoptee Experts

On March 23, 2023January 21, 2024 By lynellelongIn Adoptee Search Service Orgs, Adoptee support provided by adoptees, Adoptees Educate, Adoption Education for Professionals, Origins Search, Search and Reunion in AdoptionLeave a comment

ICAV presents a webinar on Searching on 23 April 2023 from lived experience and those who provide a formal search and support service.

My Father’s Death Anniversary

On November 6, 2021November 5, 2021 By Guest BloggerIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

My Huong Le celebrates her American father in a Vietnamese tradition known as celebrating the Death Anniversary of loved ones. Sadly she never got to meet him.

DNA Testing: The Risks vs Rewards

On March 3, 2018February 15, 2018 By jaymekyopoIn Uncategorized3 Comments

Between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, 1.5 Million DNA kits were sold online by AncestryDNA, a US-based DNA testing company. The sudden increase for DNA testing may be due to YouTube and Facebook’s large cache of emotional stories about the outcomes of DNA testing. Two YouTube video’s that stick out for me are: “DNA Journey” …

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My DNA History

On February 27, 2018November 22, 2020 By jaymekyopoIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

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 …

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Recent Posts

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  • Rethinking “harm” in intercountry adoption
  • Understanding the Grief Adoptees Carry
  • When Adoption Erases Sisters

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