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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 …
Monte Haines was born in 1970 in Korea and was sent for adoption to a family in Iowa through Holt International. Contributor of The “Unknown” Culture Club: Korean Adoptees, Then and Now, Monte was born in 1970 in South Korea and was sent for adoption to a family in Iowa in 1978 through Holt International on an IR-4 visa. His …
Annyeonghaseyo! 안녕하세요! Omma, 엄마! My name is Meejin Richart. 제 이름은 미진 리샤에요. This name given to me by my adoptive parents but the name I use when I’m in Korea is Choi Mee Jin. 미진 리샤라는 이름은 제 양부모님이 저에게 지어주신 이름이에요. 하지만, 한국에서 지낼때의 제이름은 최미진이에요. I know I come from you. 제가 엄마에게서 태어난걸 저는 알고 있어요. I …
This is the moment….. Published on Dec 11, 2012 Photographs and Video Footage Courtesy of Kira Donnell To share your story, write a letter to your original family or start a birth search this site is created for you. Register your story by visiting this page. For news on industry practices, go to Adoptionland.org To get a copy of Adoptionland: From …
Understanding the Wound In this important series you will begin to understand how having been adopted may be affecting many aspects of your life. It is encouraged that all three parts are viewed. Part 1: In this episode Shavasti shares his work with adoptees and introduces us to a fresh way of looking at all those involved: the adopted …
