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By Alaina Busch ~ Southeast Missourian

Since she was teenager, Ana Morales knew she wanted to adopt children.

"In my heart I have wanted to adopt since I was 13," she said.

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"48 Hours" Investigation: Families are Torn Apart in One of the Largest Foreign Adoption Scams in U.S. History

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12-Aug-2008

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MEEUS : WEIDELI

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born 12/21/1961 baby girl switzerland

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Posted by Christiane Weideli on March 28, 2008 at 15:09:11:

In Reply to: Searching for birth parents posted by Christiane Weideli on March 28, 2008 at 15:03:52:

: I am searching for my birth parents. I was given up for adoption in Switzerland, I was in a home run by an Alice Honegger, My adoptive father was swiss Jean-Pierre Weideli, my adoptive mom was Belgian, Vicky Meeus Weideli. I was then taken to Lima Peru. I now reside in Canada. The birth date I have is 12/21/1961

Uncovering a hidden past

Adopted 48 years ago, Christiane Weideli finally finds out where her birth family came from

BY DARAH HANSEN, VANCOUVER SUNNOVEMBER 14, 2009

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Christiane Weideli looks over photos from her childhood in her Vancouver home.

Bringing Madison home: Adoption of Vietnamese toddler has been held up 7 months

By GENA KITTNER/Wisconsin State Journal

Via Webcam and the Internet, Doris and Bill Brendler sit in their East Side living room chatting and blowing kisses to their newest granddaughter — Madison.

The little girl with a bright smile and wide eyes is named after their daughter Karla's hometown. But she and Madison are nowhere near home.

For more than seven months they've been stuck in Hanoi, Vietnam, after immigration authorities in the United States said they intended to deny Madison's orphan status — making her ineligible for a visa — citing concerns about the safeguards Vietnam uses to ensure children aren't sold for adoption.

Woman hopeful as adoption agency revived

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 | 12:58 PM AT Comments4Recommend6

CBC News

A New Brunswick woman says her dream of adopting two children from Ethiopia has been revived along with the international adoption agency she had been dealing with.

Debbie Thomas, of New Maryland, was one of hundreds of people who had filed mountains of paperwork and paid thousands of dollars to Ontario-based Imagine Adoption when the company suddenly shut down last summer, leaving them in the lurch.

Ex-adoption agency director must repay theft victims

By TOM BRENNAN | The Tampa Tribune

and JOSH POLTILOVE | The Tampa Tribune

Published: October 26, 2009

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I met my son Des for the first time in October of 2003. Well, it wasn’t a real meeting — just a video tape meeting. A dear friend who had adopted a child from Ethiopia wanted me to consider an adoption from that country and told me that I could see some nice waiting children on a video if I contacted the agency she used. I had no intention of doing such a thing and that was that. I did not call the agency.

One fall day, I received a video tape from that dear friend and I didn’t open the package. I knew what it was and didn’t dare. I was happy with one child, my partner, and my work and was afraid to make any changes. By about 1 a.m. the next day, I hadn’t opened the package, but had passed it by enough times to want it. Finally, I put the video tape into my TV and watched it by myself as my 3-year-old son, Ben, and my partner, Diana slept upstairs.

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