
Welcome to Our Journeys!
Here you can read from others adopted around the world who have shared their journey with us! If you want to share yours, please click here!
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Danielle’s Journey
As a UK adoptee, I grew up in a loving family ever since I arrived at my family at 3.5 years old and was adopted later on at eight years old. I first left my birth parents care when I was
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Twice Adopted -Jims Journey
You are probably wondering why I called my story twice adopted; well here is the journey and the facts as to why the title sums up my life. I was adopted at two weeks of age and the second adoption
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Leelas Journey
Hi, my name is Leela. I was adopted from Volsk, in the Saratov region of Russia, when I was about two years old. I was two months premature when I was born, and when I was strong enough to thrive,
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Amandas Journey
My twin sister and I were adopted when were were almost a year old to New Hampshire, USA. We had eight other siblings, some put up for adoption and some kept by our birth mother. The only thing we really
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Vesna’s Journey
My names Vesna Pilachevska. I'm 28yrs old I live in Sydney Australia. I was adopted from Veles, North Macedonia when I was only 2 days old. My adoption story is quite long and very different to everyone that has shared
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Long Lost Katya
I bought this necklace as a gift to myself, as a reminder, and as a message with a meaning behind it that I'd like to share more of. Ever since I was adopted from Ukraine at four years old, people
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My Adoption Journey – Daria Rottenberk
My name is Daria Rottenberk, I am a Russian-American adoptee. I was born in St Petersburg, Russia in 1991. I had lived with my birth father until about the age 4, he was an alcoholic and wasn’t around often. I
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The importance of adoption sibling(s) relationship
Adopting one child by itself is already a big commitment and people often have described adoption like a rollercoaster, that only a few so-called crazy people dare to embark on. However, when one decides to embark on adoption multiple children to consider three core
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The Relationship with my Birth Father in Russia
I first met my birth father Mikhail at the end of 2013. 2013 was also the same year he knew of my existence. I reached out to him through Social media, right after my birth mother told me his name.
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Celebrating Being Adopted for 23 years – Alex Kuch
Yesterday it has been 23 years since I was adopted from Romania and I'm grateful to my family in particular, friends and everyone who has supported me along the way. Here is where in my TEDx talk I share the difference