Birth Family Search
DNA Testing Part 2: What To Do When You Find Out Unexpected Information
How can adoptees and their families deal with unexpected DNA test results? This second blog in BPAR’s series provides tips on how to manage new information about your biological family you might receive from DNA test kits and some questions to ask yourself.
Read MoreBook Review: ALL YOU CAN EVER KNOW
Nicole Chung’s touching new memoir, ALL YOU CAN EVER KNOW, was published in October to rave reviews. With candor and insight, Chung details how her story as a transracial Korean adoptee has influenced and affected the past thirty years of her life.
Read MoreSpotlight on BPAR’s Adult Adoptee Support Group Leaders
BPAR now has three support groups for adult adoptees. Lisa and Maya, our adult group leaders, explain more about their groups, why they feel they are such a powerful therapeutic tool, and what has led them to group work.
Read MoreA Little Hope — My Song for My Birth Mother
I grew up with music. My parents are professional folk singers and song became one of the most powerful processing modalities for me. This song, “A Little Hope,” is dedicated to my birth mother, a woman who did everything in her power to give me the life I have now.
Read MoreShame, Secrets, Lies and Adoption
The Home for Unwanted Girls by Joanna Goodman is a stirring historical novel that delves into 1950’s practices for dealing with unwed mothers, orphans, and adoption. It also provides insights into adoption-related emotions and questions and communication that we encounter at our clinical practice at BPAR every day.
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