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New multimedia project follows a Chinese adoptee as she returns to her birthplace By Jenny Chen Between the years 1991 and 2005, China sent 22,061 children, most of them girls, into foreign adoption. According to the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism at Brandeis University, U.S. citizens have adopted more than 70% of these children. Their journeys are a migration that …

By Mary Tablante Falls Church, VA–Like many couples, Kathleen Brown and John Cullather of Falls Church wanted to start a family and raise children. But when having a biological child wasn’t an option, the couple became interested in international adoption. Having aged out of adoption for China, they looked at other countries and the possibility of adopting a child from …

By Jhee Yoon (Waldorf, MD)—Toni and Bill Benton probably never get lonely. They’re probably never bored. That’s because their house is filled with seven adopted children, ranging in age from 2 to 18. There are medical issues for some, including a heart condition and a cleft palate. One child is deaf and two have urological conditions. But Toni and Bill …