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If you find out someone’s an adoptee, don’t start asking them a million questions and forcing them to share their personal lives/narrative with you. Questions like - where are your “real parents”? Why were you given up? Do you see your parents (adoptive) as your “real parents”? Do… Read More

I am adopted from Korea to the US. My white adoptive parents had 3 biological children before adopting me. In jr. high I was the last to have this certain teacher. They were super excited to have me and said, “Ah, I have the (family last name) set!” The second semester they said to… Read More

I was born biologically the oldest and adopted and raised as the youngest. The youngest biological sibling is 11 months older than me and was definitely raised and treated like the youngest. I was expected to act like the baby in my white adoptive family without really having… Read More

#37 is called Microtia which is a birth defect that results in a smaller or no ear. I have it as well and my Microtia ear is very small.

#2 sadly does not surprise me. Unfortunately a lot of adoptees are mentally, physically, emotionally and sexually abused by their adoptive parents or family members. They also go through trauma by being relinquished and adopted, and adoption trauma is not recognized or acknowledged… Read More

I don’t know if I count, but I am a Korean adoptee raised in the US and have started reconnecting with my lost Korean identity, culture, traditions, language and foods. I’m learning Korean and teaching my husband and daughter (she’s biracial). I’m also learning about and celebrating… Read More

When my daughter was around 6 we were at the cabin and she was swimming in the lake. At one point she came up to me and this is the conversation: Her: Mommy! I saw nipples! Me: Oh! Ok…who’s nipples did you see? Her: I saw those little fishies in the water! Me: Oh! You mean MINNOWS!… Read More

#1 - I have Microtia as well! Love my little ear.

I changed from having my daughter because she is the first biological family I know. I’m adopted from South Korea and was raised in a white adoptive family and community where 97% of the people were white. I grew up not seeing many people who looked like me or having that genetic… Read More

I’ve been bullied for many things, but one of the biggest ones was being a Korean adopted into an all white adoptive family and 97% white rural community in MN. I was bullied on a bias, prejudice, microaggressive and racist levels. There was never any relief and it wasn’t like I… Read More