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Adoptees

At Holt International, we value the unique experience and insights of adoptees and strive to elevate the adoptee voice within the adoption community.

Read stories written by and about adoptees that explore topics such as searching for birth family, racial and adoptee identity, post-adoption services such as Holt adoptee heritage tours and camps, and personal thoughts and feelings about the unique experience of growing up adopted.

Adoptee Katelyn Dixon with high school friends at Disneyland

Adoption

Goodbyes, I’m Not Too Good

Chinese adoptee Katelyn Dixon smiles as she poses at a scenic overlook of the city

Adoption

The Challenges and Beauty of Adoption

Adoptee and adoption medicine doctor Judy Eckerle still of Empowered video

Adoption

VIDEO: An Interview with Adoptee and Adoption Medicine Doctor Judy Eckerle

Chinese adoptee Katelyn Dixon with her adoptive family.

Adoption

VIDEO: Adoptee Katelyn Dixon on the Beautiful Complexity of Adoption

Group of people with name tags smile at camera at conference

Adoption

Holt Staff Share Stories and Successes at Philippines Adoption Conference

Family takes a picture in a living room

Adoption

Holt’s Director of Post Adoption Shares How Her Adoption Has Been a Lifelong Experience

Adoptee Katelyn Marks and Holt senior executive Susie Doig on the red couch at Holt

Adoption

VIDEO: One Adoptee’s Reflection on the Value of Adoption

Holt board chair Derek Parker as a child in Korea

Adoption

VIDEO: The Story of Holt Board Chair and Adoptee, Derek Parker

Group of girls holds up origami and smiles

Adoption

Mental Health at Holt Adoptee Camp: A Q&A

Father and son hug and smile at camera

Adoption

“Someone Who Looks Like Me”: A Korean Adoptee’s Reunion With His Birth Father

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