This article explains how people’s relationships are affected if they’re adopted. It explains how adoptees often fear rejection, abandonment, and change or have low self-esteem. It also encourages adoptees to seek therapy in order to better understand themselves and their relationships.
This article is about the red flags that adoptees should avoid when searching for a partner. Every adoptee and partnership is different, so this article doesn’t provide a very nuanced understanding of relationships. However, this is a good beginner-friendly resource for anybody starting to date and seeking a healthy, long-term relationship.
This is a brief article that explains some things that adoptees would like others to know about them. It describes how adoptees are similar to everyone else, how they are different, and encourages people to not assume things about adoption. This is a good resource for people who want to learn more about adoption and the adoptee identity.
This blog article shares the author’s experiences about how she overcame trust issues with her spouse. The center of the story is about how she worked through the decision to give her husband access to her medical information. This is a good resource for adoptees who are figuring out how and why to remedy trust issues with their spouse.
The Chile Adoption Birth Family Search Facebook group is for helping Chilean adoptees to search for their birth families in Chile and reconnect with their birth families. As of 2020, they celebrated 10 years of searches and 300 successful birth family searches.
The KAA Facebook group is a private page for Korean adoptees to create community and discuss whatever topics they’d like.
This is a private Facebook group for adoptive parents of boys adopted from China. It’s a place of support and connection for adoptive and waiting parents. They also welcome members and discussions from adult adoptees.
This is a public Facebook group for Korean adoptees who are searching for their birth families. Its’s open to all Korean adoptees to publish photos and information about their adoption. Members are encouraged to help one another and strictly publish information about their adoption.
This is a private Facebook group that helps domestic adoptees find and reunite with lost relatives, adoptees, birth parents, and siblings.
This private Facebook group provides information, resources, and encouragement for adult Chinese adoptees who are seeking their birth family or are already in reunion. They also have a confidential discussion forum for questions or experiences that users want to share.
