Arna’s Search to Understand Where She Came From
From our An Adoption Story series. You can watch her documentary on Alex Gilbert’s YouTube channel. Adopted as a baby in Auckland, New Zealand, Arna (Anna Francesca) Intra grew up always knowing she w...
10 Apr 14min
Adopted from Russia: Kian's Story of Identity, Loss, and Learning About His Roots
Kian Lafford was adopted from Omsk, Russia in September 2007. He later received the name Kian after being adopted into an Irish family. Growing up in a small town in Ireland with a large Eastern Europ...
14 Mar 26min
Oksana’s Search for the Sister She Never Knew in Russia
From our An Adoption Story series. You can watch her documentary story on Alex Gilbert's YouTube channel. Oksana Rennie was born in 1991 in a small village in the western part of Russia’s Smolensk reg...
10 Mar 15min
James Axiotis: A Mother Named Georgia
James Axiotis was born in Athens, Greece, to an unwed mother named Georgia Korakis. With no support for single mothers at the time, he was handed over to the authorities after a week in the hospital. ...
14 Feb 35min
Daniela’s Return to Romania and the Song for Her Birth Mother
From our An Adoption Story series. You can watch her documentary story on Alex Gilbert's YouTube channel.Daniela Brown was adopted from Romania when she was just three years old, during a period of gr...
11 Feb 21min
Jon Farley's Story: Finding Those Answers Later in Life
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 ...
22 Jan 45min
Tracy’s Search for Her Birth Family She Never Knew About
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 i...
14 Jan 16min
An Adoption Story — Where Are They Now: Marina’s Birth Family Discovery in Crimea
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’...
11 Jun 20259min
