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What happens if your genome hides a secret about your ethnic identity? Jenny Kleeman, presenter of The Gift, meets a few people who made surprising discoveries to find out.

Oftentimes, youth enter foster care due to neglect.  According to the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) data for Fiscal Year 2021, of the nearly 400,000 children in foster care in the United States, 63% of these youth found themselves within the child welfare system because neglect – over 130,000 youth in…

Commercial DNA testing has ended genetic anonymity. Adoption is still predicated and governed by secrecy. Using her own experience, the speaker illustrates...

There's been a slow but steady movement across the U.S. to unseal records for adoptees, but bipartisan efforts have repeatedly stalled in Texas – and one state senator has consistently stood in the way.

More than two years of legal proceedings ended Friday with two consecutive life sentences imposed upon the Salem father found guilty of starving his 10-year-old adopted daughter to death.

We surround families in crisis with caring, compassionate community. Safe Families for Children is a movement fueled by compassion to keep children safe and families intact. We temporarily host children and provide a network of support to families in crisis while they get back on their feet.

In her new memoir 'Thicker Than Water', out Tuesday, Kerry Washington opens up about discovering in recent years that her father, Earl Washington, is not her biological father

Christopher Emanuel, a Black father from South Carolina whose daughter was adopted without him knowing, has finally gained full custody after an intense court battle.

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An overview of adoption trends in the United States PDF version 18% Decrease in adoptions from foster care from FY19 – FY 21 19,130 Number who aged out of foster care without a permanent family at the end of FY21 113,589 Children and youth waiting to be adopted at the end of FY21 24% Decrease…

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South Korean adoptees have been returning to the country to hold the government accountable for what they call a corrupt adoption system that went largely unchanged until recent decades.

It was a couple nights before we were heading home from our son’s birth state when we sat down to ty...

One of Shawne Bolton's followers on TikTok helped track down her biological dad with whom she later connected.

The Biden administration can block a Trump rule codifying legal discrimination using federal funds, but 11 state-level measures remain intact.

Adoptees reckon with corruption in orphanages, hidden birth certificates, and the urge to search for their birth parents.

"Birthdays may be difficult for me.""I want you to take…

America World is a Christian international adoption agency that has been honored to partner with more than 4,600 families to bring their children home from around the world through Christian adoption. Families are needed who are considering children for adoptions.

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When my husband and I first started our adoption journey, I must confess we had no idea where to beg...

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How to Adopt Internationally is organized around 23 easy-to-follow steps that lead readers through every phase of the international adoption process from finding an agency and organizing a home study to choosing a country to adopt from, working through emigration and immigration, traveling abroad...

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Adopting a child from another country can be a powerful way to share God's love. And it's easier than you think.

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One of the ambitious dreams that Reclaiming Adoption an…