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 ...

For Benjamin Hulleberg, it was "a dream come true" to meet his biological mom. After two decades of wondering and searching, a Utah man has reunited with his birth mom after she sent him a Facebook ...

When I saw her across the café, my knees almost gave way. She was older, and her hair was grey, but those unmistakable eyes mirrored mine. The man beside her grabbed her hand so tightly, and when he ...

Both the Little House on the Prairie alums were adopted, and they bonded over their biological parents recognizing them on television Gilbert revealed that when she met her half-siblings, she realized ...

Deciding to adopt is one of the most noble deeds you can do for another person. You’re caring for another life while significantly changing yours. And if you do it right, you will get nothing but ...

Abandoned at a few days old in a public location, I spent much of my first year in an orphanage and found a forever family from a small town in Canada at nine months old. Adoption changed my life in ...

Entertainer and speaker Willie Moore Jr., who was adopted and later found his birth family, poses with his birth mother, Katrina Walton, left, and his ‘forever mom,’ Flora Moore. Photo courtesy of ...

A woman turned to Reddit when she made the decision to visit her birth parents alone, despite her adoptive mother wanting to come with her Her adoptive mother assumed she'd be part of the initial ...