Birth Family Search
Puzzle Pieces: Identity and My Birth Mother Search
As adoptees try to piece together the puzzle of their identities, they begin to ask questions. Why did my birth mother give me up? Does she ever think about me? Does my birthday carry any significance to her? Our guest writer shares her international journey to answer these questions and precious moments of reunion between her adoptive family and birth family.
Read MoreChandani: Imagining My Birth Mother
If we don’t know much about our birth mothers, sometimes it helps to imagine their stories as we grapple with our own identities. Clinician Maya Rogers-Bursen shares her own adoptee fantasy and explains how it may be comforting to fill the gaps in our own beginnings by making up stories.
Read MoreThe GOA’L Model: How to Support Birth Family Search Overseas
As more adoptees pursue birth family search overseas, there’s an increasing need for guidance and support when they reach their destination. GOA’L, a nonprofit that counsels and connects adoptees with their motherland in Korea, shares possible search outcomes, cultural challenges, and reunion scenarios.
Read MoreTranslating for Intercountry Adoptees in South Korea — My Summer Journey
As a translator for adoptees returning to Korea to find their birth mothers, BPAR team member Michelle (Seungmi) Lee shares the emotional moments she witnessed, their effect on her own identity, and subsequent thoughts for transracial and intercountry adoptees.
Read More4 Intentions for the Adult Adoptee in 2019
When we set true intentions and make the commitment to face our adoption challenges, we can become stronger and more resilient. Here are 4 intentions for adult adoptees to consider in 2019 as powerful catalysts for change.
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