Yooree Kim, who was sent to France by an adoption agency when she was 11, shows some old photos of her and her brother in her apartment in Seoul, in May 2024. Here are some of the problems adoptees ...

While adoption is wonderful in many ways, it comes with its own set of unique challenges. Sometimes, those challenges come from other people making incorrect assumptions.

Adopted people may face unique health challenges, including a higher likelihood of adverse childhood experiences, special healthcare needs, and prenatal exposure to harmful substances. Beyond ...

Robert Calabretta holds his baby photo from before he was adopted out of South Korea to a family in the United States, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, at his apartment in New York. SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — ...

I specialize in working with individuals and families with experiences related to adoption, foster care, and kinship care. As an adult adoptee, I'm committed to working alongside others with similar ...

Dear Abby: May I weigh in on the letter from “Noah's Real Dad in New York” (June 27), whose adult adopted son wants to reclaim his original last name? I am an adult adoptee who searched for and found ...

California has long been a leader in civil rights, but there is one glaring exception: adult adoptees in our state are still denied the right to obtain their own original birth certificates. This ...

For the better part of A's life, she never suspected anything was wrong. She breezed through getting her driver's license. She applied to college and filed her taxes year after year without any ...

Pete Buttigieg and his husband Chasten are raising adopted Black children – something he recently discussed on the "Flagrant" podcast. And they're hardly alone. Scroll through TikTok and you'll find ...

The Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) has issued a series of directives to State Adoption Resource Agencies across the country, stressing strict adherence to adoption procedures, preservation ...