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A Few of Our Members Currently Searching Within South Korea Who Chose To Be Featured
991. Vickysc : My biological name was Sea Na Choi‚ born January 5‚ 1981. I was adopted from Seoul through Love the Children adoption agency and arrived at JFK Airport (New York) in June of 1981. I am waiting to get my raw data to add here but I’m my 23andMe results say I’m 100% Korean.
993. Mattpurcell : Hello. According to my adoption papers‚ my father’s name is Byeon‚ In Koo‚ and my mother’s name is Kim‚ Mee Jeong. I was born in Chollabok-do. My name according to my papers is Byeon‚ Dong Kyoo. Admission
According to bio-mother: bio-father was born in Seoul as the eldest of siblings.
He has a medium build‚ round face‚ and common features.
Bio-mother was born in Choll-
labuk-do as the second of 2 boys and 2 girls.
Both her parents are alive.
She is 160cm
tall‚ of stout build‚ oval faced‚ meek‚ and introspective.
Bio-mother happened to meet bio-father but was seperated from him immediately‚ and she has not heard from him anything since then. She got to know her pregnancy after seperating from him‚ and worried about it by herself.
She gave birth to it at her own
house with the help of the woman next door on Mar. 15‚ 1988.
She concluded that it would be impossible for her to raise it normally for herself as an unmarried mother‚ and she referred its adoption to the Taeion Branch of this Agenc on Apr. 7‚ 1988.
995. Aeterrell : Per my paperwork from Holt‚ I was born in Seoul‚ South Korea and given the name Ja Yun Choi. I was placed in a foster home shortly after my birth and adopted the same year. I immigrated to the USA in December 1985. I am looking for family and or my biological parents.
996. Hollygeerdes : Born May 5‚ 1973
Adopted through Holt from Jin Hae orphanage in Dec of 1979
May 6‚ 1976 came to Jin Hae orphanage from Masan City Hall
Korean name Park Jin Soon
Contact me.
997. Samanthaclark1977 : I was adopted... I’ve been in living in Wisconsin so many years so... I’ve been searching a lot different websites. So on and on.. I’m very desperate to know my real birth parents..
My Korea Name.... Hyun sook kim or it other way around... I was adopted and landed America 1985!!!
I was born Seoul Korea 1977/03/09
I grew up little by little. I was live in orphan for awhile.. so that all I remember.. so I really hope I meet them.
1002. Leejaesung : My name was lee‚ jae sung and i lived in tongduchon‚ s. korea in an orphange. I’m looking for anyone that lived there with me or any relative .
1003. RachelMJP : I was adopted through IAI adoption agency from Sung Ro Won Babies Home in Seoul‚ South Korea and came to the United States on May 25‚ 1984
1004. Vmjohnson65 : It’s really important for any child to know their birth parents and it’s terrible that my birth in S Korea was so shameful that the S Korean government did not think I belonged there because I was born to a Black father (US Military) and a Korean single mother.
1005. JustmetheKAD : According to my adoption paperwork‚ my birth mother (Sook J. Kim) was full blooded Korean and was born around 1942. She had a common law marriage relationship with my biological father before they parted ways on 30 Apr 1971. My biological father was born sometime around 1940 and was in the US military‚ stationed in South Korea for an unknown length of time. My birth mother relinquished me to KSS Inc in Seoul on 19 Feb 1972. I was adopted internationally and flown to the United States (Minnesota) on 30 Aug 1972.
I have DNA tested with Ancestry and 23andMe. I have several DNA matches with the surname Ward on my paternal side.
I was matched with my birth mother just minutes after setting up my profile. It turns out that she had been searching for me for years. It's been a joy to connect with her and the rest of my biological family.
Sarah
Buffalo, New York
I found my children after 30 years, not long after I joined! I'm glad to say it's been a happy ending to my search
Cheryl
San Diego, California
54 years it took us until we found each other. We did a DNA test to confirm! Perfect match. We spent two weeks together and have a blessed, wonderful relationship! We even look alike in so many ways. She is more than I was expecting! Thank you for your website, Adopted.com!
Rosezetta
Wadesboro, North Carolina
I was looking for the mother of my daughter in law, and found both her mother and also grandmother in only 3 days. They are planning a reunion soon. Thank you soooooo much!
Amy
Tracy, California
I found all 3 of my siblings and met them in a week. My life has changed forever! One lives in Tracy and the other two are in North Dakota.
Hollie
Northampton, Massachusetts
Took me about 2 hrs to find a match. I contacted him and he is my brother! Thank you so much!
KIM
MODESTO, California
Within 24 hours my siblings and I were on the phone with our long lost sister. Without Adopted.com it would have never happened. We are sincerely grateful as we are now all a part of each other's lives!
Kara
Springfield, Missouri
I filled out my profile and had a match to my birth parents that same day! We connected on Facebook and talked for
a while to confirm that the match was accurate and it was! We are all very excited to get to know each other!
Kathy
Jacksonville, Florida
I have found my daughter! I got on adopted.com on Friday about 8pm. I had 6 matches‚ I sent out 3 messages and my daughter Karen was the first one to reply. By 9pm we were emailing each other. She looks just like me. I can't believe this has happened. Thank you adopted.com for this successful reunion!
Daniel
New York, United States of America
5 minutes after I joined this site‚ I found my
birth mother! We're going to have a grand
reunion in December‚ where I will be able to
meet my biological family! This site was very‚
VERY helpful!
