Category: adoptee perspectives
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Paraguayan Adoptees Find Belonging At ‘A Night Of Connection’ In Asunción
By Belen Servín Link to story. When voices begin to fill the garden at the Tavolo del Creatore restaurant on the warm evening of 27 July, the atmosphere feels different from an ordinary gathering. Smiles, hugs and quiet conversations replace awkward introductions. Many of the people meeting each other share the same beginning: they are…
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Paraguay’s Lost Children #1: The International Adoptions In The Stroessner Era
by Sol Orrabalis Link to story For decades, thousands of Paraguayan children were adopted by families abroad. Often described as Paraguay’s “lost children” or “Stroessner babies”, many adult adoptees are now searching for their origins. At the same time, questions remain about the systems, vulnerabilities, and unanswered stories behind their departures. In the final years…
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Mixed-race daughter Korea tried to send away is now helping adoptees return home
By Hankookilbo Link to story Meeky Woo Flippen, head of 325KAMRA Korea, speaks during an interview with Hankook Ilbo at the organization’s office in Jung-gu, central Seoul. Korea Times photo by Park Ji-yeon Overseas Korean adoptee calls for state apology over forced adoptions of mixed-race children “578 Ganeung 3-dong, Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi Province. 3-tong, 2-ban,” she said…
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8 Korean adoptees sue Danish state over human rights
March 26, 2025. AP-Yonhap Link to story COPENHAGEN — Eight people adopted by Danish citizens from South Korea in the 1970s and 1980s are suing Denmark for allegedly denying them the right to their identity, origin and family life, their lawyer said Monday. In the lawsuit, the eight, who were all adopted when they were…
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50 years after Operation Babylift evacuated thousands from Vietnam, a Colorado gathering celebrates a shared past
While working to understand her history, one evacuee is archiving the paper trail of people like her, building “invisible threads” along the way. By Tracy Ross Link to story Kim Delevett and Cahn Oxelson at the East Window Gallery in Boulder read the Invisible Threads archive book, which traces the lives of children who were…
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New film hopes to reveal the untold costs of Operation Babylift
By Adam Chau Link to story Vietnamese adoptee Mike Frailey. Image courtesy “The Adoptees”. A new film in production, centered around Operation Babylift adoptee Mike Frailey, who is also co-director, centers around Frailey’s journey to America. The film, which has been in the works for seventeen years (but officially starting production two years ago) introduces…
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174 Overseas Adoptees Speak Out: “Unable to Find Our Roots, Living as Outsiders”
byKim Bokyung Link to story Editor’s NoteThe history of overseas adoption has not ended, even after more than 70 years. Overseas adoption, which began after the Korean War to reduce the number of orphans, has continued to this day under the perception that it saves welfare budgets and even brings in foreign currency. However, the…
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Greek Adoptees Return to Greece for Fifth Annual Reunion
by Tasos Kokkinidis Link to story A group of Greek-born adoptees pose at Delphi at the Second Adoptee Reunion in 2023. Credit: The Eftychia Project Greek adoptees from across the USA and around the globe will head to the land of their birth on October 11-17, 2026 for the Fifth Annual Greek Adoptee Reunion. The…
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The Lost Children: Indian Adoptees Confront Identity, Trauma, and the Cost of ‘Rescue’
Indian children adopted and raised by white parents inhabit an uncomfortable space — aware of what adoption gave them, unwilling to pretend it cost nothing. By Annapurna Devipandey and Hannah Deixler Link to story Are we mother and daughter in every lifetime? I hope not. I hope in another life I am never born /…
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Haitian adoptee with disabilities returns to U.S., seeks ‘freedom’ after years of ordeal
Adopted by an American family as a child, Joie Laughlin endured years of abuse in the U.S. and at a Jamaican boarding school, which left her stranded in Haiti for three months— now back in the U.S., she hopes to reunite with her older sister and rebuild her life Link to story. By Onz Chéry
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