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Our COVID-19 Response

March 13, 2020 by kristina berg

Due to the rapidly changing nature of the situation, we will continue to post updates to our website. Please don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions or concerns. This page was last updated 11.18.21. Because we care about you, our staff and the greater community we have taken precautionary actions to mitigate exposure to

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Filed Under: Events, Foster Care, Foster Care Adoption, Global Family Support, Infant Adoption, International Adoption, Parenting, Reunion, Sibling Adoption, Waiting Families

Best Practices for Connecting with Birth Family via DNA Search

August 23, 2019 by Staff Contributor

A 35-year-old blonde woman sits on her computer looking for her birth mother on Ancestry DNA.

Many people have reunited with children, siblings and biological parents with the help of DNA technology. You may have heard their stories and decided that now is the time to do your own search. Because DNA search is connecting humans, and possibly initiating human relationships, each person’s experience will be different. Your search may be

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Filed Under: News, Reunion

Gaining Family and Insight through Post Adoption Reunion

May 9, 2019 by Staff Contributor

Christina smiles while holding a picture of her biological father, whom she met in her 40s.

Christina, adopted as an infant, spent her life wondering if her birth mother thought about her. She enjoyed a happy childhood with her adoptive parents, who adopted her in the late 60’s. Yet, throughout her life, she struggled with unanswered questions about her biological parents. Christina found answers to her questions when she began her

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Filed Under: Adoptee Reflections, Infant Adoption, News, Reunion

Adoptee Starts Company to Inspire Others

February 25, 2019 by Staff Contributor

Lee Arnold, an adult adoptee, is driven to motivate others to live their lives to their fullest. “I’ve had a lot of opportunities to meet really inspiring individuals who are doing great things. I wanted to create a platform to highlight them and teach through them,” he shares. That’s exactly what he is doing. This

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Filed Under: Adoptee Reflections, Donor Stories, International Adoption, News, Reunion

Adoption Support Fund Grants

September 5, 2018 by Staff Contributor

Our Adoption Support Fund is a unique grant program open to anyone using our adoption or post adoption services. Those interested complete a short application process and a grant committee consisting of staff from all of our program areas reviews each application and determines the award amount. We prioritize grants for post adoption services and for

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Filed Under: News, Reunion, Waiting Children

Letter to My Mother

April 19, 2018 by Guest Contributor

A woman's hand holding a pencil to a notebook as she is about to start writing a letter to her birth mother.

Dear Mother, Writing “Dear Mother” seems so formal, yet I never met you so I can’t call you “mom.” I don’t even know if you would have wanted me to call you “mom.” Let alone if I would have been comfortable with that either. How strange all of this is—and to think that at my

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Filed Under: Adoptee Reflections, Infant Adoption, News, Reunion

A Letter from My Birth Parents

December 18, 2017 by Guest Contributor

The following is an excerpt from How Did You Find Me, a sweet story about love lost and found again. Crossing over decades, the book weaves together the narratives of an adopted woman, her birth mother and birth father, highlighting how the adoption affected each of them and their relationships over the years. Though the narratives

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Filed Under: Adoptee Reflections, Birth Parent Reflections, Infant Adoption, News, Reunion

Do Everything You Can to Participate in Tour Korea!

November 28, 2017 by Guest Contributor

A picture of an old household compound in the mountains, taken during our Tour Korea birthland tour.

Do everything you can to participate in the Tour Korea! Birthland Tour.  Your experience, and most importantly the experience with your child, sibling, parent, spouse, friend, or loved one, will forever be a treasured shared experience in your lives.  More than any adventure or vacation you have taken, Tour Korea has a depth of layers

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Filed Under: Adoptive Family Stories, Culture and Heritage, International Adoption, News, Reunion

Are You My Mother? Adoptees are in reunion whether they’re searching or not

June 7, 2017 by Guest Contributor

A picture of a mother reading "Are You My Mother" to her daughter.

During a recent presentation at an adoption conference, I had the members attending my session participate in a quick exercise before they took their seats. I asked them to walk around the room and find the person they thought they most closely looked like. The room instantly filled with nervous laughter as the participants met

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Filed Under: Adoptee Reflections, Infant Adoption, International Adoption, News, Parenting, Reunion

What to Do Before Your Child Starts a Birth Family Search

January 31, 2017 by Staff Contributor

An adoptive dad sits on a couch with his daughter as they look at a tablet and consider searching for her birth family.

Adoption search and reunion seems to be everywhere we turn these days: from tearful reunions displayed on TV to advertisements for DNA websites that can link you to birth relatives. As an adoptive parent you may be wondering, what should I say to my child about searching for their own birth family? Adoptive Families’ magazine

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Filed Under: Education & Webinars, Infant Adoption, International Adoption, News, Parenting, Reunion

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