I'm Adopted - Live Talks & Resources
Here you can access some of our recent Live Talks and our Resources below for adoptees. Below are our recent live talks. If you want to view all of them, you can visit our Live Section on our Facebook Page here. If you want to submit a question for our live talks, then please visit our Contact Page.
Also, be sure to visit our Facebook Page for more resources and topics.
Blog Resources
Here below you can read some of our blog post resources available for adoptees.
To visit and read our Adopted Diaries section, click here.
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The Right Age to Search
Are you adopted? But not sure what is the best age to start your search? Many adoptees have sent through stories to share on the I'm Adopted Facebook Page with most of them in their late 20s. Again, it is up
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Why Adoptees Should Keep in Contact with Each Other
When we started this project back in 2015, we started to set up several meet ups for the project. Adoptees have been able to meet each other from all over New Zealand. We set up several 'Meet-ups' that have been
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Searching for your Birth Parents if you adopted from Russia
Are you adopted from Russia? Like many of us from the early 1990s up until now we were one of those children adopted into a Family outside of Russia. In the 1990s in America alone there was over 19,000 adoptions
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Adoption Documentaries for Every Adoptee
I have done a bit of research and I have seen a few of these myself. I recommend these for any adoptee to watch. You can find these to watch online on NetFlix or even YouTube. Which ones have you
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Staying Connected with your Birth Parents
When adoptees eventually find their Birth Parents it's always good for adoptees to make sure that they keep in touch.
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Feeling Different Being Adopted
With being adopted, many people always want to know simply what their Birth Parents may look like or just who they are. Growing up some people may feel different or left out.
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Revisiting Your Birth Country or Town
Are you adopted and would like to visit your Birth Country or Town? Your not the only one. Even if you have not yet found your Birth Parents many adoptees are going back to see where they came from. It can be all an overwhelming experience. From all the planning to then to the travelling. Some planning can be stopped by issues like Passports or the incorrect Visa.
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Growing Up with Adopted Siblings
How did you grow up? Did you grow up with brothers or sisters that were also adopted? Or were you the only one adopted? When I was adopted I was taken out of an Orphanage in Arkhangelsk, Russia.
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Inside My Orphanage – Arkhangelsk, Russia 1994
I don't remember too much after being adopted in 1994. I came to New Zealand when I was 2 years old. These photos were taken in my Birth City of Arkhangelsk, Russia in July and August 1994.
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Would you change anything knowing that you are adopted?
Would you change anything knowing that you are adopted? - We asked several adoptees their thoughts.
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Adoption and Characteristics
Back in 2013, I decided to do a search for my Birth Parents in Russia. I had no idea what I was in for and I had no idea what my Birth Parents were like.
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Finding Your Birth Parents. Where to Start your Search.
Finding Your Birth Parents can make anyone nervous. Not knowing where to start or what to do is always on your mind when you first want to do a search.
