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

In the last few weeks of the Vietnam War, the U.S. government conducted Operation Babylift, a series of evacuation flights to bring thousands of Vietnamese children out of South Vietnam. In total over ...

Finding your birth parents can be a harrowing task for any child who has been adopted and Little House on the Prairie star knows that better than anyone. Melissa Gilbert recently offered some insight ...

When Ali Marie Watson conceived a child in 2012, she sought to place her baby in adoption. The Paduca, Kentucky, native studied 30 profiles of adoptive couples sent to her by her adoption agency. The ...

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 ...

The 'Saturday Night Live' alum revealed his new "theories" about a photographic connection between his mother's birth parents during a Tuesday episode of Amy Poehler's 'Good Hang' podcast. By ...