After discovering his younger sister had a large college fund waiting for her, one teen wondered why his adoptive parents ...

There are approximately 1.5 million adopted children in the United States — that's about 2 percent of the population or one out of every 50 children. Adoption is widely viewed as a win-win for ...

Writers who use adopted children as plot devices for evil characters are "lazy", say adoptees.

Adoption does not just build a family. It expands your definition of love in ways you can feel every day, from the words you ...

WORTHINGTON, Minn. — Tom Christian grew up knowing that both he and his older brother, John, were adopted. His parents never made a secret of it, though when he’d ask them the occasional question ...

I knew it wasn’t gonna be a good thing, but I couldn’t stop them,” Stephanie Park said of her daughters' decision to ...

For decades, adoptees such as me in Illinois were denied access to that most basic document. We could vote, buy a house or ...

When state Rep. Charles Owen went searching for his birth certificate last year, he hit a frustrating dead end: under Louisiana law, adoption records are under seal, available only through a court ...

The governor said an amended version of the bill removes legal barriers for adults adopted from a foreign country seeking a ...

CHASKA, Minn. — A new state law could give answers to life-long questions for adopted people in Minnesota. Starting July 1, adopted people 18 years and older will be eligible to request a copy of ...