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15 years after adoption, Spanish woman returns to India in search of biological mother

Sneha, a 21-year-old Spanish woman, has traveled to Bhubaneswar, India, to find her biological mother before returning to Spain. Adopted in 2010 along with her brother from a local orphanage, Sneha is determined to uncover her origins despite minimal information. With police and local help, they are trying to locate her mother, Banalata Das, with a tight deadline ahead.
 

 

NEW DELHI: A young Spanish woman is on a search for her biological mother in Odisha's capital Bhubaneswar before returning to Spain on Monday.

With minimal information about her background, 21-year-old Sneha, who researches children's education, travelled to India to discover her origins. Her adoptive Spanish parents, Gema Vidal and Juan Josh, backed her decision, with Gema joining her journey to her native state. The couple had adopted Sneha and her brother Somu in 2010 from a Bhubaneswar orphanage, where they lived after their mother Banalata Das left them in 2005.

“The purpose of my journey from Spain to Bhubaneswar is to find my biological parents, especially my mother. I want to find her and meet her. I am fully prepared for the journey even if it is difficult,” Sneha told PTI.

When questioned about confronting her biological mother about the abandonment, Sneha remained silent. She was just over one year old, whilst her brother was only months old when it happened.

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Searching for a homeland away from home

Adoptees return to Nepal to find a society that no longer recognises them, legally or socially

 


Between the 1980s and 2000s, over 5,000 Nepali children were adopted abroad, primarily to the United States, France, and Spain. While international adoption was intended to provide vulnerable children with better opportunities, child trafficking and irregular practices prompted Nepal to suspend adoptions in 2007, and overhaul its policies.

By 2010, stricter regulations aligned with the Hague Adoption Convention drastically reduced adoption numbers. Today, many of these children, now adults, are returning to Nepal in search of their roots, only to encounter a society that no longer recognises them, legally or socially.

Behind the statistics lie the deeply personal and emotional journey of adoptees returning to reconnect with their past, seek family, and rediscover a sense of belonging. These stories reflect a broader struggle for identity and the complexities of bridging two worlds.

The small 'house' found in America According to administration sources, Joshua Michael Lawrence, a resident of New Jersey, America, and his wife Raven Elizabeth Lawrence have adopted Sangeet.

His family disrespectfully left him in the forest. The child's body was scarred by ant bites. After the rescue, he was treated in the hospital for a long time. Then settled in government home. This time in distant America

The four-year-old boy named Sangeet got a 'new home'. She went to her foster parents from her home in Medinipur on Monday.

According to administration sources, Joshua Michael Lawrence, a resident of New Jersey, America, and his wife Raven Elizabeth Lawrence have adopted Sangeet.

On this day, the adoption process was completed in a domestic ceremony at the collectorate premises in Medinipur. The American couple is very happy to have a baby boy.


District Magistrate Khurshid Ali Qaderi says, "Adoption of children is a very important step for the overall development of the society." Additional District Magistrate Kempa Honnaiah says, "If accomplished people come forward in this way, many more will get the affection, love and home of the guardian."

Bombay High Court - Janani Ashish Charitable Trust vs Frederic Christian B.Delvaux, Belgian ... on 8 July, 2021

Bombay High Court

Janani Ashish Charitable Trust vs Frederic Christian B.Delvaux,Belgian ... on 8 July, 2021

Author: Dama Seshadri Naidu

Bench: Dama Seshadri Naidu

                                              4. FAP No. 17 of 2021    IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY        ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION                        AND     IN ITS GENERAL AND INHERENT JURISDICTION        FOREIGN ADOPTION PETITION NO. 17 OF 2021                        WITH             JUDGE'S ORDER NO. 106 OF 2021Janani Ashish Charitable Trust               ...Petitioner        VersusFrederic Christian B. Delvaux, Belgian and   ...Proposed                                             Adoptive parentsAnr. And Flore Aachal Anelle Maureen(Minor)                          .....Mr. Rakesh Kapoor - Advocate for the Petitioner.Mr. O. Hareendran Nambiar, Scrutiny Officer, IndianCouncil of Social Welfare, present.Mr. D. R. Talekar - Chamber Registrar, present.                          .....                   CORAM : DAMA SESHADRI NAIDU, J.

Why were there so many international adoptions in the past?

14 cantons want to work together better in the future to help adopted people find their biological parents. Because not everything always went smoothly. A look back.

 


Why were there so many international adoptions in the past?

As economic and social conditions improved in Switzerland – especially for single mothers – there were fewer children available for adoption. Some Swiss couples therefore looked for children abroad. From the 1960s onwards there was a wave of adoptions from Asian countries, later from South America and Africa and from 1989 from Eastern Europe.

Unwanted childlessness was not always the reason. Some Swiss couples also saw adoption as a "humanitarian act". For social or religious reasons, they wanted to free children from poverty and offer them a better life with educational opportunities.

The 'PD Notebook' sheds light on the overall problem of managing the adoption records of children adopted abroad.

The 'PD Notebook' sheds light on the overall problem of managing the adoption records of children adopted abroad.

MBC's current affairs program "PD Notebook," which will air at 10:20 p.m. on the 14th, will air the "Disappeared Adoption Record: The Country That Erased Me."

South Korea, which has been labeled a "child exporter" by sending 200,000 children abroad for adoption over the past 70 years. Finding roots is at stake as a comprehensive problem has been revealed in the management of adoption records for those who were recently adopted abroad. It has been revealed that not only adoption institutions but also public institutions that were willing to receive private records and manage them have concealed the problem. The 'PD Notebook' examines the true nature of the adoption record computerization project, which has been carried out for 10 years since 2013.

adoptees who believed in false records

The "PD Notebook" met adoptees who had difficulty finding their biological families due to their adoption records. Park Sang-jo, a Danish adoptee, visited Korea more than 10 times in 35 years to find her biological parents. He gave up looking for his family, believing that the record of adoption of "orphan" by Holt Children's Welfare Association was true. However, this year, I suddenly find out that I have information from my biological father and I am shocked. Although his biological father was already dead, it was impossible to meet him, Holt did not comply with Park's request to provide adoption records to meet many brothers. Park, who overcame various obstacles and met his siblings dramatically, learned that his family had asked the agency to get him back, but was already rejected for leaving far away and had been looking for his whole life.

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A Quebecer sets out in search of her true identity

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Publication date : December 6, 2024

The Journal followed her to her country of origin where she met her biological family

US to Romania: We will not give you visas until you unlock international adoptions

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US to Romania: We will not give you visas until you unlock international adoptions
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In 2005, US Assistant Secretary Maura Harty came to Romania on an official visit where she met with Romanian authorities to discuss international adoptions which at the time had been locked.  At some point during the discussions, Maura Harty explicitly said the visa waiver for Romania will not go forward unless international adoption procedures will go forward, according to kamikazeonline.ro.

"During the May 10 and 11 meetings with President Traian B?sescu, Foreign Minister Ungureanu and other government officials, Maura Harty did not encounter any proof to show the government is seriously considering to further engage in this adoption project which is currently on hold. The program is affected by a law forbidding international adoptions, due to be enforced as of January 1.  She told her interlocutors she would share this with US families with pending adoption requests in Romania. On the occasion she told Minister Ungureanu that establishing the path towards Romania’s inclusion in the U. S. Visa Waiver (VWP) program will largely depend on the Bucharest authorities’ progress in solving pending international adoption requests,” the Wikileaks document shows.

The document also mentions that, during the meeting with Harty, " President Basescu appeared to have changed his mind and decided to take action”.

"On May 12, he informed the attaché that he has discussed international adoptions with the EU accession commissioner Olli Rehn ad added he will request FM Ungureanu to request the EU the possibility to solve the adoptions. The President also said Romania will take initiative to try and persuade member states such as Germany, Italy, France to quicken the proceedings,” the document also reads.

Recently, the Boc government decided to decrease adoption period for a child with unknown parents to 30 days since the birth certificate was issued. Also, a child who is under state care can be adopted one year after he was left by his parents. The decision however refers to interior adoptions. On March 9 2011, the government decided to keep the rules and regulations for international adoptions.