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Birthsearch

Birthsearch: 10 Questions to Ask...
by Hollee McGinnis from TransCultured Magazine Winter 2000-1

Considering a search? Hollee McGinnis poses 10 questions to ask yourself before you start while sharing her own experiences in this part of the adoption life journey.

Resources for Searching
by Joy Kim Lieberthal
from TransCultured Magazine Winter 2000-1

A search is both and internal and external process. Some suggestions of actions one can take in order to begin an actual search.
The Journey: A Personal Search
by Kendra Belvins-Barton
from TransCultured Magazine Winter 2000-1

Often a Search for birthparents is about the search for self and reconnection to ur birth heritage. While all the searches might now result in reunions, it is important that the value of a search is the journey itself.

Motherland:

Words of Advice for Visiting Korea
compiled by Hollee McGinnis from Transcultured Magazine

After asking adult adoptees that have visited Korea to come up with a list of advice they would give to would be adoptee-travelers, Hollee McGinnis lists their suggestions.

From the Ashes of War New Lives Were Born
compiled by Hollee McGinnis from Transcultured Magazine
Many Korean adoptees do not know thier personal history, but as a community we share a common history whose roots began in the Korean war.

Race and Identity

Discovering her Latin Identity
by Laura Blum from TransCultured Magazine

A Colombian adoptee shares her metamorphosis that brought her to embrace her Latin-American roots.

Towards a New Identity
by Thomas Teska from TransCultured Magazine
From the anonymity of young childhood to the painful stings of racism and search for his birth culture, one adoptee shares his journey to discover a place where he belongs.


Upcoming Features

February: In the Birthsearch section, personal narritaves, resources for search.
March: In Post-Adoption, Considering Culture Camps, Camp Directory

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