While adoption is a deeply meaningful step for many people, it isn’t always a clean handover. Family-based adoptions in ...

She was adopted at 6 months old. Now, one phone call reconnects her with the mother she hasn’t seen in 24 years.

Adopted children who are looking for their birth parents are getting help from the state Legislature. Legislation was approved during the rush of bills at the end of the state Legislature’s 2019 ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A woman who was adopted almost four decades ago has shared the moment ...

A woman has lost an attempt to undo her adoption of two sisters after Supreme Court judges said to do so would go against the ...

Adopted children should have face-to-face contact with their birth parents, a major report has recommended. The report, commissioned by Britain’s most senior family court judge, said the system where ...

The topic of adoption has long been one-sided, dominated by well-meaning adoptive parents and the for-profit agencies that place kids into homes. That means the people who are supposed to benefit most ...

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Tyler and Catelynn Baltierra love living in Michigan with their young daughters. They joyfully jump into the fresh water of the Great Lakes. Bask in all four seasons each year. The pair are plenty ...

Each year during November, we celebrate National Adoption Month. We honor the families built through adoption and acknowledge the thousands of children still waiting for permanency or reunification.