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  • About us
    • News
    • History
    • Services
    • Organizational Structure
    • Info
    • Contact Us
  • Adoption In Taiwan
    • Adoption Procedures
    • Legal Organizations
  • Reunion Service
    • Application & Eligibility
    • Adoption Cultural in Taiwan
    • Preparation
    • Cultural issues
    • Reunion Notice
    • Stories
    • E-books
  • FAQS
  • Related Laws
    • The Protection of Children and Youths Welfare and Rights Act
    • Civil Code
    • Family Act
    • Household Registration Act
    • Enforcement Rules of the Household Registration Act
    • Permit and Management Regulations for Children and Youth Adoption Service Providers
    • Information Management and Regulations of Child and Juvenile Adoption
    • Regulations Governing Visiting, Residency, and Permanent Residency of Aliens
    • Act for Implementation of J.Y. Interpretation No.748
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I had a loving family. My life changed at 46 when my birth sister revealed I was adopted
News 2025-05-07

My parents hid my adoption. But somehow, the truth brought us closer

[Book Recommendation] Being You: A Journal for Birthmothers
Books/Movies Recommendation 2025-04-29

BEING YOU is a journal for birthmothers, who need help navigating their open adoption relationship.

Italy's Constitutional Court allows singles to adopt foreign minors, ending a 40-year ban
News 2025-03-24

Italy’s Constitutional Court ruled Friday that unmarried people can adopt foreign minors, ending a 40-year-ban on the practice and setting a precedent that could pave the way to allowing Italian singles to adopt from within the country.

'My life is complete now I've met my lost brother'
News 2025-03-05

Jeanette Woodyatt says it "felt like something was missing" before she met her half-brother Graham Briggs

Five of Chile's stolen children take off to reunite with birth families
News 2025-02-24

Five U.S. adoptees took off from Houston on Friday to reunite with their birth families in Chile for the first time after they were stolen as infants decades ago during the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship.

Homeward Bound: One woman's search for her roots in Taiwan
News 2024-11-26

"I'm not afraid now to return to Taiwan, because I was able to meet all the different people that I encountered," she said. I have support, and I know that I am Taiwanese."

National Adoption Day: How You Can Help 125,000 Children Find Forever Homes on November 23
News 2024-11-23

Let’s explore the significance of National Adoption Day, a powerful observance that brings hope to thousands of children in foster care across the United States.

Adopted children to have closer contact with birth families
News 2024-11-12

Adopted children are likely to be allowed much closer contact with their birth families in the future as part of “seismic” changes recommended in a report published today. Some families say the changes are long overdue - but others worry they may deter people from adopting.

'She's my world and my heart' - an adoption journey
News 2024-10-30

"At our first meeting she just looked at me and my husband with such intensity and then broke out in a smile and that was it... we all looked at each other and said 'yes this is our family'," recalls Rachel beaming.

Thousands were adopted to the US but not made citizens. Decades later, they risk being deported
News 2024-10-29

The United States has brought hundreds of thousands of children from abroad to be adopted by American families. But along the way it left thousands of them without citizenship, through a bureaucratic loophole that the government has been aware of for decades, and hasn’t fixed.

Uncertainty for families as China ends foreign adoptions
News 2024-09-12

China has announced that it is ending the practice of allowing children to be adopted overseas, bringing uncertainty to families currently going through the process.

Bringing Comfort When Adoption Hurts
News 2024-08-01

As a mother who adopted a child, Cam Lee Small’s story resonates with me. A variety of emotions are present through the adoption journey for the parents and adopted children alike.

Surprise twist after adopted woman, 24, tracks down her biological parents with DNA test
News 2024-07-31

A woman has revealed how she tracked down her biological parents and discovered she was half black - almost 24 years after being adopted.

China's adopted children return from overseas to seek their roots
News 2024-07-03

At an empty concrete lot in southwest China, Loulee Wilson scoops a handful of stones into a bag –- a memento from the site where she believes she was abandoned as a baby.

New Look At Adoptee Mental Health
News 2024-05-31

I have never thought to openly discuss my adoption story or its unsolicited mental health baggage. Thinking about it, no one has asked. I don’t blame them. It’s personal but also seems odd, given (almost) everyone is getting curious about exploring their mental health.

Embracing A Legacy Of Adoptive Care
News 2024-05-14

DeVries believes adoption has strengthened her family.

My adopted brother stole millions, but mum never stopped loving him
News 2024-04-10

"An adopted kid is yours, right? So why do some adoptive parents think it's an option to 'give it back'?"

Greece becomes first Orthodox country to legalise same-sex marriage and adoption
News 2024-02-29

Greece's parliament on Thursday overwhelmingly adopted a bill legalising same-sex marriage and adoption in a landmark reform promoted by the conservative government despite opposition from the powerful Orthodox Church.

St. Louis teen finds sister adopted in Canada through DNA test
News 2024-01-08

ST. LOUIS – A St. Louis teenager took a 23&Me test years ago when she was in elementary school and later discovered her biological sister living in Canada with their adopted parents.

It's November and it's the Adoption Month!
News 2023-11-17

𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐀𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡!📣 Since November 9 is the Adoption Day, making November the Adoption Month! It was created for the purpose of raising awareness for adoption, encouraging adoptees to share their stories and voice out their thoughts, etc.

[Books Recommendation] Yes, I'm Adopted!
Books/Movies Recommendation 2023-10-11

"Yes, adoption makes me special, it means that I am loved..."

Word 'adopted' no longer needed for IDs of same-sex parents' Taiwanese kids
News 2023-09-04

Interior ministry says law change means equality with heterosexual families

[Video] Man taken from mother at birth reunites in Chile after four decades
News 2023-09-01

Jimmy Lippert Thyden, who was born in Chile and adopted in the U.S., reunited with his mother for the first time in four decades

[Video] Brother & sister adopted separately as babies learn they're actually biological siblings
News 2023-08-18

Two adopted siblings who were abandoned as babies on Staten Island and adopted into the same family in the early 2000s just looked into their ancestry, and what they found out left them floored.

[Video] U.S. Paramedic Comes to Taiwan To Trace Birth Parents
News 2023-07-14

[Video] An American woman who suspects she was trafficked from Taiwan as a child has come back to the country to try to find her birth parents... and a missing piece of herself.

American trafficking victim back in Taiwan to find birth parents
News 2023-07-11

Kuo Reese (郭慧如), an American flight paramedic who might have been the victim of a Taiwanese children trafficking ring in the early 1980s, on Thursday appealed for the public's help in finding her birth parents.

“Joy Just Overflowed Me.” Adopted Man Finds Out Birth Mother Works In Same Building.
News 2023-06-09

Adopted Man Finds Out Birth Mother Works In Same Building

Taiwan amends law to allow same-sex couples to adopt
News 2023-05-16

Four years after Taiwan legalized same-sex marriage, the legislature has passed the third reading of an amendment to the law allowing same-sex couples to legally adopt children.

I adopted my daughter and her best friend. Then my daughter reunited with her identical twin
News 2023-04-30

Keely Solimene adopted a Vietnamese girl, and then her best friend. Then she discovered that one had an identical twin. She vowed to reunite the sisters who'd been separated at birth and grew up 9,000 miles apart.

[Link to video] After a closed adoption, woman finds her birth mother in an emotional reunion
News 2023-04-06

A woman met her birth mom for the first time in 34 years, and shared the emotional reunion in a dramatic video.

Two Sisters Put Up for Adoption at End of WWII Finally Reunite After 75 Years Apart
News 2023-03-23

It took 75 years but, two sisters who were placed up for adoption at the end of World War II were finally reunited.

Parents Abandon Newborn Baby at a Store–23 Years Later, She Gets a Letter……
News 2023-03-14

Parents Abandon Newborn Baby at a Store – 23 Years Later, She Gets a Letter With the Heartbreaking Reason Why ——Zoe Halbeisen’s meeting with her birth parents was more than two decades in the making.

Filipina meets long-lost Taiwanese mother after 23 years
News 2023-02-17

Woman reunites with mother in Hong Kong and Macau

Kentucky sees its 1st infant anonymously surrendered at a fire station ‘baby box’
News 2023-02-14

An infant in Kentucky became the first in the state to be dropped off safely in a “baby box” at a fire station last week, following the passage of a state law allowing anonymous surrendering of newborns at such devices.

Adoption: Son finally meets birth mum after 58 years
News 2023-02-09

"It was the first time I was able to see myself in my mother's eyes," said Timothy

DNA Test Reunites Mom, Daughter 51 Years After Kidnapping
News 2022-11-30

After decades of searching, a Texas couple reunited with their 53-year-old daughter, who went missing in 1971 when she was just 22 months old. The family was able to find each other again through an at-home DNA test and the help of a genealogist.

Adopted football steward to inherit £200,000,000 fortune after finding out his dad is a TV boxing le
News 2021-03-22

A British football steward adopted as a baby has learned he is the sole heir to a £200 million fortune after his long-lost father turned out to be legendary American boxing commentator Bob Sheridan.

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2013-01-13
Australian Adoptee looks for her birth mother

A Taiwan-born woman who was adopted by an Australian couple when she was six weeks old is now searching for her birth parents in Taiwan.

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2023-01-06
Adopted via the Gospel Children’s orphanage, I would love to meet my biological parents

I had a happy life in Belgium so there is no hard feeling about my adoption. All I need is to reconnect with my roots: who am I? What was my parents’ real story? Are they still alive and would they want to meet me?

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2019-09-08
Who is my biological mother?

My name is Chu-Fei Tsai. I am eager to reunite with my biological parents. Would you please help me?

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Child and Juvenile Adoption Information Center

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