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U.S. Adoptive Families

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My story and goal

Hello! My name is Ethan Cahoon and my sister and me were adopted in 2005 from Kemerovo, Russia. As you probably know, Russian adoption is closed to the United States.…
- Posted by Ethan Cahoon to U.S. Adoptive Families on Jul 30, 2019 at 3:13pm | 0 Comments | Post a reply
book recommendations for preschooler

Hello. I’m looking for books about adoption to read with my 4 year old. He was adopted domestically at birth, and we are a secular family, so I’m looking for…
- Posted by abz_999 to U.S. Adoptive Families on Jun 12, 2019 at 5:57pm | 4 Comments | Post a reply
Birth Family Contact for Newborns with Prenatal Drug Exposure

Has anyone here adopted a newborn exposed to drugs in-utero? How is contact with the birth family handled? I wouldn’t mind an open adoption if that was the only option…
- Posted by ag11 to U.S. Adoptive Families on Jun 07, 2019 at 12:02am | 5 Comments | Post a reply
im a Ugandan looking for some cool american friends

My thanks go to whoever created this group..i have much interest in this,I’m James from Uganda looking for some cool American friends to connect and have .(JavaScript must be enabled…
- Posted by kaddu james to U.S. Adoptive Families on Jun 05, 2019 at 6:07pm | 0 Comments | Post a reply
OK to let adopted tween move in with recovered mother?

A friends adopted tween is asking to move in with her mother now that she’s no longer “too young for a baby” and now that she’s “finished with school”. All…
- Posted by girlengineer to U.S. Adoptive Families on May 17, 2019 at 3:15am | 7 Comments | Post a reply
Adopted people and citizenship

I recently just found out that people adopted internationally loose citizinship in the country where they were born! Americans adopting internationally don’t seem to talk about the fact that the…
- Posted by girlengineer to U.S. Adoptive Families on May 05, 2019 at 9:06pm | 15 Comments | Post a reply
Adopted Adults Using Certified Original Birth Certificates

A few of my adopted friends legally changed their names to what they were prior to adoption. You don’t need to tell the judge why your changing your name and…
- Posted by girlengineer to U.S. Adoptive Families on May 05, 2019 at 8:13pm | 0 Comments | Post a reply
Ohio ICPC

Hi we just adopted a baby from Texas and we are from Ohio. We were cleared in Texas yesterday but still waiting on Ohio ICPC. Have any of you had…
- Posted by Mel.B to U.S. Adoptive Families on Apr 30, 2019 at 9:32pm | 0 Comments | Post a reply