Category: personal narrative
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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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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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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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Marie Claire: Stolen. Adopted. Fighting Back. Inside Korea’s Adoption Scam
By Kathryn Madden 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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Notre Dame Magazine: Making sense of identity
A sister I never knew upended my understanding of myself, my birth family and my Korean heritage. By Darragh Hannan Link to story
Transnational /Transcultural Adoption Project 