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Growing up without the internet — without representation, without connection to others like me — meant that most Korean adoptees were isolated in their White families.
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Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2025
Both adoptees, the Little House on the Prairie alums bonded over their similar experiences and the role their time on the beloved series played in connecting with their biological families.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 8 July 2025
Adult adoptees will have the right to request their original birth certificates without a court order—known as Andee's Law.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
That makes China the hardest target for adoptees seeking birth families.
—Barbara Demick, New Yorker, 23 May 2025
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Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2025
Both adoptees, the Little House on the Prairie alums bonded over their similar experiences and the role their time on the beloved series played in connecting with their biological families.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 8 July 2025
Adult adoptees will have the right to request their original birth certificates without a court order—known as Andee's Law.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
That makes China the hardest target for adoptees seeking birth families.
—Barbara Demick, New Yorker, 23 May 2025
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“Adoptee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adoptee. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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adoptee
noun
adopt·ee
ə-ˌdäp-ˈtē 
: a person who is adopted
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