Barbara Demick, LA TImes

A Stolen Twin Reunites with Her Family

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Los Angeles Times In 2002, a two-year-old girl was confiscated by Chinese officials because her family had violated the one-child policy. This past February, during Lunar New Year, she traveled from Texas, where she had been adopted, to meet her family and her twin sister.

Vox: How the US stole thousands of Native American children.

They Took Us Away From Our Mom.

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“They came marching right in and literally took us and thousands of other children from their homes.” The long and brutal history of the US trying to “kill the Indian and save the man”. Toward the end of the 19th century, the US took thousands of Native American children and enrolled them in off-reservation boarding schools, stripping them of their …

Oprah Interviews Twins Stolen for Adoption

Twin Brothers Stolen and Sold to the Black Market: Interviewed by Oprah

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In the 1930s and ’40s, a woman named Georgia Tann, a ruthless baby thief, ran a black-market ring stealing over 5,000 children and selling them to the highest bidder. In 1991, Twin brothers James and Thomas White, opened up to Oprah about the horrific abuse and torment they suffered from the moment that Georgia Tann’s gang kidnapped them at age …

Living with Dead Hearts

Chinese Adoption Trafficking: Stolen Twin Girls

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In 2002, a two-year-old girl was confiscated by Chinese officials because her family had violated the one-child policy. This past February, during Lunar New Year, she traveled from Texas, where she had been adopted, to meet her real family and her twin sister. Ever wondered what adopted people are saying today about adoption?  

Global Adoption News: Adoption Concerns

2021 Adoption Concerns

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Reasons why people may register a complaint and what to watch out for with unethical adoptions.  Keep in mind that though adoption may be legal in the United States or other European countries, what happens behind ‘closed’ doors or in foreign countries to obtain ‘your’ child is not always ethical and could lead to child trafficking. If your agency does …