Sixties Scoop still not well-recognized, aboriginal adoptees say

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Experts say exact numbers of aboriginal children adopted by Quebec families unclear By Ainslie MacLellan For decades, thousands of aboriginal children were taken from their parents, often without their consent or even their knowledge, and grew up never knowing their own culture. But a lot of Canadians don’t know it. “My parents who adopted me had no idea I was stolen,” said Nina …

Korean Pastor helps adoptees find biological parents through DNA testing

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By Kim Jae-won Pastor Kim Do-hyun is helping adoptees find their biological parents through DNA testing. He said that the tests will change the way adoptees search for their origins, which has so far relied on poorly kept documents from adoption agencies. “We call the DNA test the game changer because we expect this to make a difference in adoptees …

Screaming Rooms and Banished Babies: Ireland

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The sad history of where I was born…. THE ORDER OF the Sacred Heart nuns arrived in Ireland in 1922 within months of the formation of the Irish Free state after the civil war. They were invited over from England by the newly-formed Irish government to deal with the ‘problem’ of women having babies outside wedlock. They bought a 200-acre …

Over 9,000 Irish women or ‘inmates’ went through these doors, forced to repent

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Originally known as Pelletstown and later as Saint Patrick’s Mother and Baby home, 361 Navan Road, Dublin 7, it was originally a public Workhouse and probably designated a ’Special institution’ exclusively for single mothers in 1904. It was converted for such usage in 1906 by George Sheridan at a cost of £11,000. Pelletstown was owned and financed by the Poor …