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Back home, I started to question the way babies were obtained for adoption. During the process of researching and writing, I tried to remain as neutral as possible and gave the facilitators the benefit of the doubt (even giving them my trust) over the course of full decade of reflection and study. I truly believed that they were saints and …
When my sister and I were sent to the United States from South Korea in 1972, the pioneering adoption agency gave our adoptive parents a document called “Certificate of Orphanhood”. This piece of paper gave the impression that we were orphans. Because this document implied that we had no Korean family, we wore whole new identities without question and never …
Contributor – Rebecca Hailemeskel The 36-year-old, Tingert, was born in Wonji Shoa. She is a healthy-looking young woman and is an Orthodox Christian. Her mother and father came to Wonji Shoa to look for a job. They got employed for a blue-collar work in Wonji sugar factory and stayed in Wonji Shoa. She was raised in a big family that …
Contributor – Rebecca Hailemeskel Her name is Messert, an Orthodox believer. She is 35 years old and was born in Wonji Shoa located 110 km from Addis Ababa. Her parents used to work in the sugar factory that is located in the area. She has two brothers: one brother lives in Adama 10 km from Wonji Shoa and the other …
In the spring of 1979, Adam Crapser (today a father of three children), was adopted from South Korea to the United States. Despite being adopted by two sets of United States citizens and believing for decades he was a citizen of the United States, he is in the process of being deported back to South Korea. Adam does not speak the Korean language and will have a difficult time adjusting …
