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Old 03-02-2006, 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by FH-redhedded
A quick perusing on the internet you will find probably hundreds of Korean and Vietnamese adults adopted thirty years ago who are extremely unhappy, believing that they not only lost their first families but also their language, "culture" and religion. I have a friend to whom this happened; as an adult she changed her name and has made contact with her Korean family. It is the result of adoptive parents who did not treat her like she deserved.



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THANK you for sharing!!! The above quote is how I felt initially about this question.

I thought that the international adoptee losses so much more then the domestic adoptee, as you stated above, so I had a hard time believing they were happier then domestic adoptee's.
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