For years, Bibi Hasenaar felt rejected because she was adopted aged four. Then she saw a photo that described her as missing – and began to uncover an astonishing dark history

Kati Pohler always knew she was adopted. This hasn't kept her from leading a happy, fulfilling life any American teen would dream having. Her adoptive parents were open about her adoption, and didn't keep anything away from their little girl. Well, almost anything… There was one small secret that had been kept from Kati her entire life – a letter that her birth parents had written for her that contained a special request. The Pohlers wanted their daughter to have a normal, happy childhood, and they certainly didn't mean to burden her with the painful truth about her difficult start at life. So they made a decision: Kati would not receive the letter until she went to college. But Katie had grown up, and it was now time to reveal the truth. She was about to face one of the biggest decisions of her life. Would she fulfil her birth parents' request from all those years ago?

Jimmy Thyden's journey to find the birth family he never knew began after he read stories about Chilean-born adoptees being reunited with their birth relatives.

Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom was in her 30s when she discovered her adoption had been illegal, and her first mother was still alive. Now, she's giving a voice to other 'paper orphans'.

For more information on 2nd chance adoption, please contact Wasatch International Adoption at 801-334-8683 or visit our website at wiaa.org.

For years, Bibi Hasenaar felt rejected because she was adopted aged four. Then she saw a photo that described her as missing – and began to uncover an astonishing dark history

There could be a new princess in Disney’s royal court.

Princess Sarah Culberson discoved her royal roots after hiring an private investigator and searching for her birth father.

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When Hugh Jackman and Deborra-lee Furness adopted 
a baby boy from 
a rural American family – who 
was born almost 20 years 
ago to the day amid tragic circumstances – they knew 
they faced a lifelong, incredibly emotional journey. And now that Oscar is 18, he's decided to reunite with his birth family.

Orsa Moldauer remembers watching her son Yul on the playground after school. Then 7 years old, Yul and a group of his friends took turns going across a set of monkey bars.

Swimmer Margaret MacNeil won the 100-meter butterfly final ahead of China's Zhang Yufei.

No one expected a gay, single man to become a father. But Jerry Windle's dreams came true when he adopted Jordan.

Filmmaker Elizabeth Jacobs, 21, will revisit the claim that 'poor Cambodian families are preyed on by baby recruiters' in her documentary, The Stolen Children

Myka and James Stauffer adopted a toddler from China and shared every step of the process with their online audience. Except the last.

Myka Stauffer built her YouTube following partly by sharing every step of her journey to adopt a toddler from China. This week, she revealed why he’d gone missing from her videos.

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His adopted son’s biological grandpa is pleading with the actor.

We Advocate and Educate as Adoptee Voices with Lived Experience

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310 adoptions were finalised in Australia in 2018@19, of which 82% were of Australian children and 18% were intercountry. The majority of adoptions finalised were known child adoptions (211, or 68%...

Did you know that about two percent of children in the United States are adopted? And that although inter-country adoption may be the most visible category, the majority of American adoptions actually involve children adopted out of foster care?

US Adoption Statistics may surprise you as nearly 100 million Americans have adoption in their immediate family. Learn more here.

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In my dreams, I am back in Korea, or trying to go back. There is always the feeling of chasing something lost and the relief of finding it.

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BBC News Indonesia menelusuri berbagai kota di Indonesia dan di Belanda, untuk mengurai skandal adopsi ilegal yang melibatkan lebih dari 3.000 anak Indonesia ke Belanda di masa lalu dalam seri siniar terbaru.

Low cost international adoption - is it possible? What you need to keep in mind is that even a low cost adoption that takes place overseas is going to cost at least $12,000 when you consider all costs.