Please enjoy these stories shared by children, teens and adults who grew up in an open adoption planned by their birthparents and adoptive parents through Open Adoption & Family Services (OA&FS).
Open Adoption & Family Services (OA&FS) proudly welcomes University of Portland nursing program graduate April Vanderkamp to the agency's Board of Directors. April grew up in an open adoption her birth and adoptive parents planned through OA&FS 21 years ago. Below is an interview she shared in summer 2010.
What is your experience of open...
Claire is an open adoptee growing up in an open adoption planned through Open Adoption & Family Services (OA&FS). In this interview from summer 2009, she shares her thoughts about her experience as a transracial adoptee.
How old are you?
I am 17 years old.
Are any of your peers adopted or in a multi-racial family or both?
I have one...
David works as a computer programmer. He is a passionate and talented photographer. In addition to having an adventurous spirit and love of the outdoors, David has an uncanny ability to manifest opportunities in his life. He is an open adoptee who grew up in an open adoption planned through Open Adoption & Family Services and he shared this...
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