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The programs attract new volunteers and expand the network of potential adoptees, raise awareness for shelters and give staff relief to attend to other tasks.
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Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Following one adoptee’s deeply personal search for her biological roots, the film uncovers the hidden history of Korean overseas adoption.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
Rae-Venter, who also has a Ph.D. in biology, was volunteering as a search angel – a person who helps adoptees find their biological parents.
—July 13, CBS News, 13 July 2025
Feature Afro-Latinx voices, Asian adoptees, Indigenous creators and multiracial families.
—Maria Alonso, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
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Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Following one adoptee’s deeply personal search for her biological roots, the film uncovers the hidden history of Korean overseas adoption.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
Rae-Venter, who also has a Ph.D. in biology, was volunteering as a search angel – a person who helps adoptees find their biological parents.
—July 13, CBS News, 13 July 2025
Feature Afro-Latinx voices, Asian adoptees, Indigenous creators and multiracial families.
—Maria Alonso, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
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“Adoptee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adoptee. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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adoptee
noun
adopt·ee
ə-ˌdäp-ˈtē 
: a person who is adopted
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