An adopted woman was reunited with her birth mother in Korea after spending almost 38 years apart – and discovered […] ...

An adopted woman has been reunited with her birth mother in South Korea after nearly 38 years apart, discovering they had ...

For decades, California law has required adult adoptees to petition the courts and show “good and compelling cause” to access ...

Birth parents, both mothers and fathers, are a key piece of the adoption puzzle. The vast majority make the difficult decision to place their child for adoption out of what they perceived to be the ...

Four paragraphs printed on a single, yellowing page contain Patrice Waggoner’s only clues to the identity of her birth mother: She was 24 when she placed her newborn daughter for adoption in ...

Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi just had the most emotional moment of her "Jersey Shore" journey. On the latest episode of "Jersey Shore: Family Vacation," the 37-year-old reality star spoke to her birth ...

Talking to adoptive parents—and birth parents, if they’re in the picture—about these questions can help adoptees navigate them. But parents, even loving ones, may not fully understand the complexities ...

According to a 2022 survey, about 5 million Americans have been adopted, and between 2% and 4% of Americans have adopted a child. This includes adopting children from another nation, adopting American ...

Author Nicole Chung, shown here in a provided photo, has documented her experience growing up as a Korean American adoptee in a white family in Southern Oregon in her two memoirs, “All You Can Ever ...

Birth mothers who created adoption plans for their children with Adoptions From the Heart say they were embraced by the agency and given comfort, support, and acceptance through the emotional process.