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Established in 2015, the I’m Adopted community organisation provides a safe space for adoptees, topics and meet-ups with others. Welcome to our official podcast!
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Jon was adopted in the UK at the age of four and later returned to care as a teenager. For decades, he believed his birth father had died.A DNA test in his mid-50s led to an unexpected discovery that changed everything.In this episode, Jon reflects on adoption, loss, reunion, and what it means to finally find answers later in life.
From our An Adoption Story series. Adopted as a baby in Auckland, New Zealand, Tracy grew up with very little information about where she came from. Questions about her identity followed her quietly into adulthood. Adoption was always there, but rarely spoken about, leaving many parts of her story without answers.Later in life, Tracy began searching for her birth family, hoping to understand more about those early connections and the people behind them.This is her story.
Marina was born in Staryi Krym, Crimea, and later adopted from an orphanage in Simferopol by her Italian parents. She grew up in Italy, gradually learning more about her roots in Crimea — but it wasn’t until later that she began to connect more deeply with her birth family.We caught up with her as part of our Where Are They Now segments — updates from those who shared their stories in our An Adoption Story series. Since sharing her story, Marina has also started therapy, which has been helping her navigate her relationships with both her parents and birth family.You can also watch this as a video on YouTube on Alex Gilbert's YouTube Channel along with her original full story.
Simulcast from our An Adoption Story series. Victor was adopted as a young boy and came to Auckland, New Zealand, when he was just four years old. Born in the town of Velikiye Luki in western Russia, his journey began with many unknowns.Now a science teacher and photographer in Christchurch, Victor has built a life full of curiosity, creativity, and meaningful connections in New Zealand. Alongside his everyday life, he continues a deeply personal and emotional journey — that lifelong search for answers about his birth mother.This is his story.
Simulcast from our An Adoption Story series. Valentina always knew she was adopted but never knew her history. When motherhood takes her on an unexpected journey into discovering her past. What follows is a remarkable story of heartbreak, forgiveness and an incredible reunion with a long lost sibling. This is her story.
Simulcast from our An Adoption Story series.Ian was born in Waihi, New Zealand, and adopted as an infant. He didn’t discover his adoption until he was 48 years old, at which point he slowly started to find those connections with his birth mother. With the help of his daughter Yolande, Ian then uncovered his previously unknown Māori heritage. This is his story.
Ekaterina Clark's journey began in Syktyvkar, Russia, where she was adopted at the age of three. Raised in New Zealand, she shares her experiences from childhood to discovering her roots and birth family, connecting her past with her present.
This is her story.
Taken from the An Adoption Story Series which you can watch on YouTube via 'Alex Gilbert'.
Simulcast from an Adoption story. Made with the support from our friends at MyHeritage.Felicita was born in the city of Odesa, Ukraine to then being adopted at the age of 7 months by her Italian parents.She was raised in the small village town of Ascea. A village that overlooks the Mediterranean Sea in Southern Italy. Felicita has always had an interest in her roots and ever since she could remember, she has always known about the first 7 months of her life in Ukraine.She shares her story growing up in Italy, learning more about her roots and those connections with her birth family.This is her story.
Simulcast from an Adoption story. Made with the support from our friends at MyHeritage.Marina was born in Staryi Krym, Crimea to then being adopted out from an orphanage in Simferopol by her Italian parents.With her life in Italy, she has grown up learning more about her roots within Crimea but it wasn't until later on when she started to connect more with her birth family links.She shares her entire journey from the very beginning.This is her story.
Simulcast from an Adoption story. Made with the support from our friends at MyHeritage.Iván was adopted at the age of 13 months from Moscow, Russia by his Spanish parents. He was raised on the north coast of Spain, in the city of Santander. He had always known that he had birth family links in Russia but later on when he grew older, he then found out more about having links also in Armenia. With his life growing up in Spain and learning more on his family links, Iván adapted to a new way of life in Chicago. There, he got married to his wife Nicki.Iván also supports those within the adoption community, helping connect with more adoptees in the Spanish speaking community including with I'm Adopted.This is his story.
Simulcast from an Adoption story. Made with the support from our friends at MyHeritage.Nina was born from a small village called Bolshaya Vruda which is located just below Saint Petersburg in Russia. She was adopted at the age of three and a half years old by her American parents who then raised her in Rochester, New York. Nina has always been told that she has siblings back in Russia but it wasn't until later on after her childhood that she decided to pursue a search. With the time for her that felt right, she was able to learn more on her birth family, with the difficult circumstance surrounding her birth mother to learning about her twin sister who passed away. For Nina, since learning more on her birth family she has connected more with the adoption community worldwide, building her family tree to build more links and reaching out to others who may be going on a similar experience. She also has played a huge role with the I'm Adopted website as a writer for other adoptees.This is her story.
Simulcast from an Adoption story. Made with the support from our friends at MyHeritage.Zachary-Victor was adopted at the age of 8 months from Krasnodar, Russia by his American parents. He was raised in Long Island, New York to moving to Brooklyn to pursue a career in music.Zachary-Victor shares the connections he has made with some of birth family to the support he has from his parents who adopted him.This is his story.
Simulcast from an Adoption story. Made with the support from our friends at MyHeritage.Katya Reach was adopted from an orphanage in Donetsk, Ukraine at the age of four years old by her American parents. She was raised in Kansas to then studying psychology in Oklahoma. She now lives her life in Tyler, Texas for her graduate studies. She has always wanted to learn more about her birth family growing up. And with her parents support, she started to make discoveries with the little pieces information that she was given when she was adopted. Katya is also part of many online adoption communities, helping raise awareness through her online writings and blog including with our very own, I'm Adopted community. This is her story.
Simulcast from an Adoption story. Made with the support from our friends at MyHeritage.Alexei was born in Velikiye Luki, Russia to then being placed in an orphanage in Pechory. At the age of two and a half, he was then adopted by his New Zealand family. Alexei was born with a birth defect called Spina bifida and with the care of his New Zealand parents, he was able to get the help he needed so that he could walk. He has been able to find links on his birth family with firstly connecting with his birth sister and then birth mother. Alexei shares his story from the beginning, connecting his identity, learning more about his roots and his hopes to meet his birth family for the first time. This is his story.
Simulcast from an Adoption story. Made with the support from our friends at MyHeritage.Vanya Syron was adopted from a regional orphanage in Arkhangelsk, Russia in the late 1990s by his New Zealand parents.With information that his parents held onto about his birth family, he managed to get a letter through to his Birth Mother in 2010. Since then, Vanya had lost contact but hopes to re-connect with her and his siblings in Arkhangelsk.This is his story.
Simulcast from an Adoption story. Made with the support from our friends at MyHeritage.Romanian adoptee Alex (Alexander) Kuch was adopted from Cluj-Napoca, Romania at the age of two by his German parents. His family then moved to New Zealand in 2006. Alex shares his journey of his reconnections with Romania and his birth family.He goes through his story, from the beginnings to revisiting Romania later on in his early adult years. This is his story.
Simulcast from an Adoption story. Made with the help from our friends at MyHeritage.Mother of three Anya Gibson, lives right down in the far south of New Zealand. She was adopted at the age of four from a regional orphanage (Number 12) inside of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Prior to her adoption, she was looked after by her grandmother but found out later that she was placed into the orphanage due to her grandmother not being able to look after her. She has managed to track down connections but there are still many questions unanswered. She shared with me her journey from the very beginning. This is her story.
Simulcast from an Adoption story. Viktoria was born in the North of Russia, in a city called Severodvinsk. She was adopted at the age five by her New Zealand parents who also adopted another child from the neighbourhood city and my birth city, Arkhangelsk.She connected with her birth mother in 2019 after she reached out to me for help. She is still however, continuing her journey with those connections overseas and hopes to meet more of her family around Russia and Ukraine.This is her story.
Alexei was born in Eastern Ukraine to then moving with his biological family to Velikiye Luki, Pskov, Russia.He was adopted into a New Zealand family at the age of eight. At an early age he was diagnosed with a rare heart condition, Eisenmenger Syndrome. He shares with me his journey, his outlook on life and the connections he has found overseas with his birth family.This is his story.
In this podcast episode, we bring to you the cast from our live Facebook video stream. This week on the I'm Adopted - Talk live cast we talk with Alex Kuch, Katie Zucker, Kristine Freark and Robert Clifford to talk about those burning questions for adoptees. Connecting with more of you around the world, wherever we are. You can watch the video version of this over at Facebook.com/imadoptedOrg
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hey Alex! love the podcast! been following you since like back in the day!! 😅 great content! -Alëna @alenka19 on insta ✌️