Category: identity
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AANHPI Heritage Month: Asian adoptees in Susquehanna Valley reconnect with heritage through art
Regina Ahn Link to story Asian adoptees in the Susquehanna Valley are reconnecting with their heritage and exploring their identities through creative outlets like martial arts, poetry and singing. Maya Sony Schwartzwalder reflects on her adoption story Maya Sony Schwartzwalder, who was born in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in 1998 and adopted at 10 months old,…
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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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American Community Media: More than 17k Korean Adoptees in US Lack Citizenship. Many Live in Minnesota.
By Nicole Chang February 26, 2026 Link to story
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YLE:”Finnish is my native language, yet people still speak to me in English” – How international adoptees feel marginalised in Finland
International adoptees in Finland want their voices to be heard in discussions about Finnish identity, immigration, and working life. Link to full story
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NW Asian Weekly: Lakewood resident shares experience of being a Korean American adoptee
By Kai Curry Link to story Paula Murtha was about a month old when her parents brought her home from a Korean orphanage. For much of her life, that was where the story ended. It wasn’t until adulthood that she began to look back—and discover how much of herself she had set aside. Ahead of…
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The Doctor’s Scandal: Child Trafficking for Adoption and Systemic Violence against Girls and Women
By Zeina Allouch Link to story With the start of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, it becomes crucial to acknowledge that child trafficking for illegal adoption is not simply a human rights or social issue, but a form of gender-based violence. The recent scandal involving a doctor who participated in childbirth procedures…
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Al Jazeera: A woman’s search for a lost childhood in South Korea
By Susan Kim Link to story
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After 5 decades in Sweden, 9 Korean adoptees to visit Gwangju seeking their birth families
By Kang Hyun-seok Link to story
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Christianity Today: Every Adoptee’s Worst Nightmare
By Isabel Ong and Jennifer Park Link to story
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Women abandoned as a baby in Hong Kong searched ‘for years’ before finding lost family
By Rachael Davis and Laura McKenna Link to story. This story includes numerous links and was originally written for the MyHeritage DNA website. I excerpted the article to focus on Rachel’s story.
Transnational /Transcultural Adoption Project 