Lynard is a graphic designer and marketing manager at Walden Family Services. She lives in Redlands. My personal story of adoption isn’t overly exciting, but to me, my personal journey has been both ...

The Charlotte Observer’s Théoden Janes recently found himself doing a deep dive into the history of his adoption. It’s unearthed other stories of adoptions from South Korea that has left him ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. When I was born, my Korean parents, immigrants to the United States, relinquished me for adoption. At the age of two and a half months, I was placed with a white ...

At the age of 5, gunshots and sirens were my lullaby. I was exposed to gangs, prostitution, drugs, and abuse before most kids learn their ABCs. My earliest memories are walking to the bus stop for ...

Utah’s practice of transporting out-of-state pregnant women into the state to facilitate adoptions fosters unethical ...

The first time we met with this organization, though of course we didn’t know it until months later, was the day the birth mother of our son-to-be placed him for adoption, the day after he was born.

I don't know anyone who looks like me. I used to stare at family photos and search my parents' faces for any hint of resemblance to mine. But there is none. I'm adopted, and my white American parents ...

My brother arrived in my life like the rain always did: after fervent prayer and petitioning. My father was a crop duster in the Texas Panhandle, a land where memories of the Dust Bowl remained ...

A man struggles to support a friend experiencing a miscarriage while he is in the midst of adopting a child, seeking advice ...

You aren’t able to tell from my name that I’m Chinese. The first part hints at my mom’s taste in literature, the last is a small act of feminism: two long American surnames that won’t fit on a ...

In honor of National Adoption Day, the award-winning actress and singer writes about her experience as an adopted child In honor of National Adoption Day on Nov. 21, award-winning actress and singer ...