An adopted woman from Georgia recently embarked on a mission to find her birth parents — and she discovered in the process that she has been Facebook friends with her birth father the whole time.

Birth parents, both mothers and fathers, are a key piece of the adoption puzzle. The vast majority make the difficult decision to place their child for adoption out of what they perceived to be the ...

There are more federal tax cuts in the works for people who adopt children. Birth mothers say they also want financial support so they don't have to place their infants up for adoption.

Uncovering your origins can be one of the most profound and life-changing journeys you'll ever take. For adoptees, the search ...

'It would be nice to at least have a name' says 81-year-old woman waiting to find out who her birth mother was Erin and Mike Merrigan, center, were college students at Saint Benedict and Saint John's ...

Bill Gillespie spent most of his life wondering who his birth parents were. — -- Growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, Bill Gillespie celebrated “adoption days” along with birthdays, but had long ...

When a woman chooses to meet her birth parents alone, her adoptive mom feels blindsided Ashley Vega is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has previously ...