Have you heard about 23andMe? They’re a company that offers relatively inexpensive DNA testing to help people learn more about their ancestry and health risks.
At American Adoptions, we do our best to gather …
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Aug
2013
Adoptee Health History Information in DNA
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Jul
2013
State Court Ruling on ICWA Adoption Case
Yesterday, South Carolina’s Supreme Court issued their ruling regarding the Baby Veronica case. In a 3-2 vote, they voted to send the case back down to family court with instructions to finalize Baby Veronica’s adoption with her adoptive parents Matt and Melanie Capobianco. Baby Veronica …
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Jun
2013
Ruling on ICWA Adoption Case
This week, the Supreme Court issued their ruling on the case Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl, better known in the media as the Baby Veronica case. The adoption of Baby Veronica leading up to the ruling was complicated by her Native American heritage and the …
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Jun
2013
Superman is One Super Adoptee
Last week, the highly anticipated Man of Steel finally hit theaters. Much like the Dark Knight Batman reboot, this movie is tackling the Superman story right from the …
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Apr
2013
ICWA Adoption Case Making News at the Supreme Court
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard testimony regarding the case titled Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl, which has come to be better known in the media as the Baby Veronica case.
The case involves the custody of a child of Hispanic, Caucasian and Native American …
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Feb
2013
Super Bowl Quarterback is an Adoptee
Colin Kaepernick is the starting quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers. He’s also adopted.
Kaepernick’s birth mother Heidi Russo was 19 when he was born and knew she …
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Nov
2012
Celebrating Adoption Gotcha Days
National Adoption Day (tomorrow!) is the largest Gotcha Day for adoption across the country! Since its founding in 2000, more than 35,000 children (particularly those in foster care) have had their adoptions finalized on National Adoption Day.
But for American Adoptions families, a Gotcha Day …
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Mar
2012
How to Tell Your Child About Adoption
Recently, an adoptive family we’ve worked with asked us: When is it a good time to tell your adopted child that …
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Mar
2012
Adoption Poetry
In honor of World Poetry Day, we’re celebrating adoption poetry! The great thing about adoption poetry is that it’s usually written by folks just like you. And what better way than poetry to describe the beautiful and complicated miracle of adoption?
