Discovering where you come from can be one of the most meaningful journeys of your life. For adoptees, the search for birth parents often feels like uncovering a vital piece of their story-a puzzle ...

“And they all lived happily ever after.” That’s the fairy-tale ending to which most adoption advocates subscribe. A couple obtains a child, the “parentless” child gains a family and a home, everyone ...

You could say I grew up not knowing who I was. I knew that I’d been born in an Indianapolis hospital in 1968, and that my parents had adopted me when I was 10 days old. That was it. I didn’t know who ...

Penelope Needham advocated for the passage of a law that will allow adoptees to access sealed birth records beginning in 2024. A team of volunteers who joined her in this effort gave her a book ...