Category: search and reunion
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Chilean American stolen as a baby reunites with his mom, gets second chance at family
For the first time since he was an infant, Kyle Adler boarded a plane in February to meet his birth mother By Vanessa A. Alvarez, Associated Press May 28, 2026 Full story here MIAMI — Kyle Adler’s discovery that he was stolen from his Chilean mother as a baby came as a shock, sparking an identity…
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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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Maeil Broadcasting Network (MBN: The Journey of Overseas Adoptees Searching for Their Roots
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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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MSN: Colombia’s ‘lost children’ remain open wound 40 years after deadly volcanic eruption
Link to story By Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA (Reuters) -Maria Gladys Primo cannot hold back tears as she recalls the night of November 13, 1985, when she last saw her two young children, before a landslide of mud, rocks and trees triggered by the eruption of Colombia’s Nevado del Ruiz volcano swept away her home. Primo…
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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.
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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
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WGTC: She just wanted a little sister: TikTok reunites two Colombian adoptees raised on different continents
By Fred Onyango Link to story Someone call Disney and Lindsay Lohan — the plot for The Parent Trap remake has practically written itself. Image via Instagram/rachellannaa A wholesome story about half-sisters reuniting from almost 4,000 miles apart played out in front of the entire internet — and it was all thanks to TikTok. In 1998,…
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Marketplace: For Chinese adoptees, the cost of finding answers is high.
Birth family search is becoming increasingly common with new technologies. By Katie Reuther Link to story
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Newsweek: Woman Abandoned as Baby Gave Up on Finding Birth Family, Until She Got Text
By Jack Beresford Link to story
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