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A teenage adoptee poses with his birth dad and birth mom in the Philippines

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The Room I Would Have Grown Up In

Vietnam

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When Life Gives You Second Chances

Adoptee Mark Slavik as a baby in his birth mother's arms

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Finding the Family He Never Knew

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Honoring the Adoptee’s Story: An Overview of Lifebooks and Life Story Work

A puzzle of DNA with pieces missing

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Identity, Adoption and DNA Testing

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Birth Parent — The Forgotten Voice of Adoption Series Part 5

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The Loss of My Birth Father

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Our Son

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How to Create Openness in International Adoption

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Birth Parent — The Forgotten Voice of Adoption Series Part 4