“I logged onto Facebook to find a message from a woman I didn’t know, claiming the expectant mom had told her she’d be placing her baby with them. Within weeks, I received a dozen more emails from different families claiming the same thing. Our dream suddenly became a nightmare.”
‘We have a birth mom in labor. Might you be interested?’ It hadn’t been 2 days since the crippling news. ‘Could this be it?’: After two failed adoptions, couple adopt baby boy
‘I finished your branch of the family tree.’ What can of worms have I opened? I was excited and nervous at the same time.’: Adoptee shares incredible reunion with birth parents, siblings
“I thought they were just two immature high school kids who got knocked up. The moment he reacted to the words, ‘I think you’re my birth father,’ I knew I was wrong.”
‘I opened the envelope to find my original birth certificate. I didn’t know what to think or feel.’: Adoptee shares journey to find answers, connect with biological family
“‘She left here with a big stomach, and when she came back, she had you.’ She came back with a 1.5-year-old child, overnight—just like that? Not one person was willing to share the truth with me.”
‘Your mom left you with me to babysit and never returned.’ He was a young Marine, just back from the Vietnan war. He made the ultimate sacrifice.’: Adoptee shares journey to self-acceptance, motherhood
“‘Initially I found a babysitter for you, but I realized you needed stability, so I brought you home – and filed for adoption,’ he said. He was my first love, my first teacher, my first protector. He encouraged me to believe in myself.”
‘What could he possibly be talking about?’ I was utterly confused. ‘You will always be my baby sister.’: Woman discovers adoption by grandparents at age 41
“I had a sickening feeling when I accepted the call. Is he having a mental breakdown? ‘I hear you loud and clear, and I’m absolutely fine.’ Silly me.”
‘You will never find him.’ It wasn’t like what you see on TV. 7 years later, I saw a match.’: Adoptee searches for birth parents with genetic genealogy, helps others like her
“‘You’re weird.’ I stopped believing adoption was a good thing. If my birth mom said she did not want to meet me, then I would lose my money and not even have access to her name.”
‘I received an email from a stranger. ‘I’ve known about you all your life and looked for you for YEARS.’: Woman reconnects with birth family, creates jewelry brand representing hope
“I mustered up the courage to contact my biological father for the first time. I watched my phone for days and finally got the notification that the letter had been delivered. I was excited but worried about reopening old wounds. The next day, I got an email.”
‘We could always give you one of ours.’ That changed everything.’: Adoptee and mom of 3 becomes birth mom in adoption, ‘I was called to carry him’
“My parents freaked out. ‘You’ll ruin your family.’ I was only doing what my mother had done for my parents. We hugged so hard when those two pink lines finally appeared.”
‘To you, this may look like a normal night before trash day. To me, it’s so much more.’: Man thanks ‘selfless’ birth mothers for turning him into a dad in touching moment
“Sometimes it takes a highchair to snap you back into reality.”
‘What happens when my parents find out? Will they send me back to the Philippines?’ I suppressed my feelings.’: LGBT transracial adoptee candidly shares story
“A stranger asked my mom, ’Why would you do that?’ She didn’t expect to see a brown-skinned baby with brown eyes. I’m tired of having to explain my family to strangers.”
