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Being a mom isn't easy, especially when you're a single parent. Children can be so unpredictable and as a parent, you have to be ready for all kinds of situations. When single mom Janice Williams' son Luke came home from school claiming that he found his twin, she didn’t think anything of it. She had no idea that her son would soon uncover a hidden secret that would turn their family’s life upside down.

She asked to see her niece, and that's when things got weird...

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'.

Prior research has shown that adoptees have a higher rate of substance use disorders (SUDs) than nonadoptees. But these findings have not been verified with a population-based sample of adult adoptees in the United States. Also, no previous adoption study ...

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The true story behind the hit Oscar-winner has only gotten ickier — and Hollywood is complicit.

Michael Oher, whose inspiring life story was told in 2009's "The Blind Side," alleged that the Tuohy family has been profiting off the lie that they adopted him.

In a 14-page court petition, the former NFL star alleges that Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy never adopted him, instead tricking him into signing a document that gave them legal authorities to make business deals in his name.

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Telling a child he or she is adopted can be a trying ta…

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

Most of these movies and shows get adoption wrong — but sometimes, a little bit right.

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.