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I'm Adopted: The PodcastAn Adoption Story — Where Are They Now: Marina’s Birth Family Discovery in CrimeaMarina was born in Staryi Krym, Crimea, and later adopted from an orphanage in Simferopol by her Italian parents. She grew up in Italy, gradually learning more about her roots in Crimea — but it wasn’t until later that she began to connect more deeply with her birth family.We caught up with her as part of our Where Are They Now segments — updates from those who shared their stories in our An Adoption Story series. Since sharing her story, Marina has also started therapy, which has been helping her navigate her relationships with both her parents and birth family...2025-06-1109 minI'm Adopted: The PodcastVictor’s Lifelong Search for His Birth MotherSimulcast from our An Adoption Story series. Victor was adopted as a young boy and came to Auckland, New Zealand, when he was just four years old. Born in the town of Velikiye Luki in western Russia, his journey began with many unknowns.Now a science teacher and photographer in Christchurch, Victor has built a life full of curiosity, creativity, and meaningful connections in New Zealand. Alongside his everyday life, he continues a deeply personal and emotional journey — that lifelong search for answers about his birth mother.This is his story.2025-04-1814 minI'm Adopted: The PodcastValentina’s Heartbreaking Discovery and Reunion with Long-Lost SiblingSimulcast from our An Adoption Story series. Valentina always knew she was adopted but never knew her history. When motherhood takes her on an unexpected journey into discovering her past. What follows is a remarkable story of heartbreak, forgiveness and an incredible reunion with a long lost sibling. This is her story. 2024-12-1420 minI'm Adopted: The PodcastIan’s Long Kept Family Secret and Surprise HeritageSimulcast from our An Adoption Story series.Ian was born in Waihi, New Zealand, and adopted as an infant. He didn’t discover his adoption until he was 48 years old, at which point he slowly started to find those connections with his birth mother. With the help of his daughter Yolande, Ian then uncovered his previously unknown Māori heritage. This is his story.2024-09-2918 minI'm Adopted: The PodcastEkaterina's Emotional Journey and the Search for those Birth Family LinksEkaterina Clark's journey began in Syktyvkar, Russia, where she was adopted at the age of three. Raised in New Zealand, she shares her experiences from childhood to discovering her roots and birth family, connecting her past with her present.
This is her story.
Taken from the An Adoption Story Series which you can watch on YouTube via 'Alex Gilbert'.2024-06-2023 minI'm Adopted: The PodcastFelicita's Adoption Journey from Odesa, Ukraine to Southern ItalySimulcast from an Adoption story. Made with the support from our friends at MyHeritage.
Felicita was born in the city of Odesa, Ukraine to then being adopted at the age of 7 months by her Italian parents.
She was raised in the small village town of Ascea. A village that overlooks the Mediterranean Sea in Southern Italy. Felicita has always had an interest in her roots and ever since she could remember, she has always known about the first 7 months of her life in Ukraine.
She shares her story growing up in Italy, learning more...2023-08-0731 minI'm Adopted: The PodcastMarina's Adoption Journey from Crimea to Italy - The Search For Her Birth FamilySimulcast from an Adoption story. Made with the support from our friends at MyHeritage.
Marina was born in Staryi Krym, Crimea to then being adopted out from an orphanage in Simferopol by her Italian parents.
With her life in Italy, she has grown up learning more about her roots within Crimea but it wasn't until later on when she started to connect more with her birth family links.
She shares her entire journey from the very beginning.
This is her story.2023-07-0936 minI'm Adopted: The PodcastIván's Discovery of His Birth Family Links in Russia and ArmeniaSimulcast from an Adoption story. Made with the support from our friends at MyHeritage.
Iván was adopted at the age of 13 months from Moscow, Russia by his Spanish parents.
He was raised on the north coast of Spain, in the city of Santander. He had always known that he had birth family links in Russia but later on when he grew older, he then found out more about having links also in Armenia. With his life growing up in Spain and learning more on his family links, Iván adapted to a new wa...2023-06-1933 minI'm Adopted: The PodcastNina's Journey - Adopted from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Rochester, New YorkSimulcast from an Adoption story. Made with the support from our friends at MyHeritage.
Nina was born from a small village called Bolshaya Vruda which is located just below Saint Petersburg in Russia. She was adopted at the age of three and a half years old by her American parents who then raised her in Rochester, New York.
Nina has always been told that she has siblings back in Russia but it wasn't until later on after her childhood that she decided to pursue a search. With the time for her that felt right...2023-04-2125 minI'm Adopted: The PodcastAdopted from Krasnodar, Russia to New York - Zachary-Victor's JourneySimulcast from an Adoption story. Made with the support from our friends at MyHeritage.
Zachary-Victor was adopted at the age of 8 months from Krasnodar, Russia by his American parents. He was raised in Long Island, New York to moving to Brooklyn to pursue a career in music.
Zachary-Victor shares the connections he has made with some of birth family to the support he has from his parents who adopted him.
This is his story.2023-04-0734 min
I'm Adopted: The PodcastUkranian-American Adoptee Katya Reach Shares Her Emotional JourneySimulcast from an Adoption story. Made with the support from our friends at MyHeritage.
Katya Reach was adopted from an orphanage in Donetsk, Ukraine at the age of four years old by her American parents. She was raised in Kansas to then studying psychology in Oklahoma. She now lives her life in Tyler, Texas for her graduate studies. She has always wanted to learn more about her birth family growing up. And with her parents support, she started to make discoveries with the little pieces information that she was given when she was adopted. 2023-03-2231 minI'm Adopted: The PodcastAlexei's Adoption, The Links with His Birth Family and Life with Spina bifidaSimulcast from an Adoption story. Made with the support from our friends at MyHeritage.
Alexei was born in Velikiye Luki, Russia to then being placed in an orphanage in Pechory. At the age of two and a half, he was then adopted by his New Zealand family. Alexei was born with a birth defect called Spina bifida and with the care of his New Zealand parents, he was able to get the help he needed so that he could walk. He has been able to find links on his birth family with firstly connecting with his birth s...2023-02-2823 minI'm Adopted: The PodcastVanya's Lost Connection with his Birth Mother and Siblings in RussiaSimulcast from an Adoption story. Made with the support from our friends at MyHeritage.
Vanya Syron was adopted from a regional orphanage in Arkhangelsk, Russia in the late 1990s by his New Zealand parents.
With information that his parents held onto about his birth family, he managed to get a letter through to his Birth Mother in 2010. Since then, Vanya had lost contact but hopes to re-connect with her and his siblings in Arkhangelsk.
This is his story.
2023-02-1620 minI'm Adopted: The PodcastAlex's Early Life from a Romanian Orphanage into his Adopted German FamilySimulcast from an Adoption story. Made with the support from our friends at MyHeritage.
Romanian adoptee Alex (Alexander) Kuch was adopted from Cluj-Napoca, Romania at the age of two by his German parents. His family then moved to New Zealand in 2006. Alex shares his journey of his reconnections with Romania and his birth family.
He goes through his story, from the beginnings to revisiting Romania later on in his early adult years. This is his story.2023-02-0625 minI'm Adopted: The PodcastAnya’s Journey Searching Through Those Birth Family LinksSimulcast from an Adoption story. Made with the help from our friends at MyHeritage.
Mother of three Anya Gibson, lives right down in the far south of New Zealand. She was adopted at the age of four from a regional orphanage (Number 12) inside of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Prior to her adoption, she was looked after by her grandmother but found out later that she was placed into the orphanage due to her grandmother not being able to look after her.
She has managed to track down connections but there are still many questions unanswered. She s...2023-01-2426 min
The ClockWork Junkie PodcastAdoption Story with Cat Nolan - Bonus EpisodeBONUS EPISODE of The Clockwork Junkie Podcast.
Today I talk to Cat Nolan about her Adoption, tracking down her birth mother when she was a teenager and the stigma of adoption in general.
Cat and I both hope that people in the same position might take some solace in her story.
Follow her journey here:
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You can really help the Podcast by making a...2023-01-2045 minI'm Adopted: The PodcastViktoria's Search and Discovery of Her Birth Mother in RussiaSimulcast from an Adoption story. Viktoria was born in the North of Russia, in a city called Severodvinsk. She was adopted at the age five by her New Zealand parents who also adopted another child from the neighbourhood city and my birth city, Arkhangelsk.
She connected with her birth mother in 2019 after she reached out to me for help. She is still however, continuing her journey with those connections overseas and hopes to meet more of her family around Russia and Ukraine.
This is her story.2023-01-1135 minI'm Adopted: The PodcastAlexei's Journey from Ukraine and Russia to New ZealandAlexei was born in Eastern Ukraine to then moving with his biological family to Velikiye Luki, Pskov, Russia.
He was adopted into a New Zealand family at the age of eight. At an early age he was diagnosed with a rare heart condition, Eisenmenger Syndrome. He shares with me his journey, his outlook on life and the connections he has found overseas with his birth family.
This is his story.2023-01-0140 min
Adoption & Beyond PodcastEp. 16 - NAM SPECIAL | Discovering Your Identity As An AdopteeThis episode of A Heart- to- Heart podcast with Adoptions From The Heart, features activist and social entrepreneur, Isaac Etter and creator of the “I’m adopted, now what?” podcast and adoptee advocate Liza Stone. Join the conversation as Isaac and Liza tackle discovering your identity as a transracial adoptee, changing the stigma of agency and adoptee partnerships, and creating longevity in future successes within the adoption community.
Connect with today's guests on their Social Media(s):
Liza’s Contact Info:
Podcast: I'm Adopted, Now What?
IG: @Imadopted.podcast
Email: Im...2021-11-1130 min
Thriving Adoptees - Let's ThriveBeing The Best Versions Of Our Adopted Selves With Interracial Adoptee Liza StoneLiza was adopted from China by a white mom from the USA and a white dad from the UK and raised in a jewish family in the USA. Her mom is a clinical therapist who encouraged open talk about adoption. But that doesn't mean it's all been plain sailing...She talks about navigating some tricky issues especially around understanding her identity - feeling like a banana - yellow on the outside and white on the inside. She shares what's she's learned about bringing the different parts of ourselves into harmony to be the best versions of ourselves.2021-05-1946 min
ABC Adoptees Born in ChinaI would’ve been like this is too asian, it’s not my vibe, it’s not my style with LizaIt's been a whole year which means a whole new season.
Liza is the host of I’m Adopted, Now What? Podcast. She shares on ABC about how her parents met, her journey from completely having nothing to do with Chinese culture to recently accepting some of it more in the past year, and a little on the recent mass shooting in Atlanta. Liza voices what any of us have thought in terms of identity as Asian versus white in a very eloquent and concrete way. Follow Liza @lizameistone and I’m Adopted. Now What? @imadopted.podcast.
If you would like...2021-04-1151 min
Made In China(ish)Episode 8: Liza Mei Stone - Tapping into Identity in the Wake of Mass Social Justice Movements•Episode 8: Liza Mei Stone - Tapping into Identity in the Wake of Mass Social Justice Movements
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This episode I had the opportunity to talk to Liza Mei Stone who is also the host of @imadopted.podcast . We talked about her experiences up to and through her time at Boston University, her identity discovery post-college career, and insight into the social justice movements as someone who now has a masters in Criminal Justice!
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Liza was adopted China, grew up in Highland Park, NJ and perused both her undergrad and graduate degrees at of Boston University where she recently received her masters in Criminal...2021-04-031h 05
Young Changemakers PodcastS02E07 Exploring Challenges Around International Adoption with Alexander KuchIn this episode, we’ll be deep diving into the topic of adoption and what this means to Alexander Kuch. Alex is an ambassador and trustee of the non-profit organisation “I’m Adopted” since it's founding in 2015. He was adopted from an orphanage in Cluj-Napoca in 1997 by a German family and relocated to New Zealand with them in 2006. Professionally, he works in the sustainability and social-impact space, with a focus being on youth and community development. His honours include being a finalist for the Young-New Zealander of the Year Award and a Global Changemaker Fellow.
You can get in to...2020-08-2539 minI'm Adopted: The PodcastYour High School Years as an AdopteeRecast from our I'm Adopted - Talk, Live Stream. This week Alex Gilbert, Alex Kuch, Daria Rottenberk, Christopher Breedlove and Janna Lamb revisited their High School Years, what was different in High School as an adoptee, what emotions you might have been going through and with yourself, connecting with your own identity. If you have a question to ask for our next live stream, visit imadopted.org/talk.2020-05-231h 13I'm Adopted: The PodcastViewing Adoption as Young Adults with Adoptees Alex Gilbert, Daria Rottenberk, Alex Kuch, Janna Lamb, Chris Breedlove and Katie ZuckerIn this podcast episode, we bring to you the cast from our live Facebook video stream. This week we talk about viewing adoption as young adults with Adoptees Alex Gilbert, Daria Rottenberk, Alex Kuch, Janna Lamb, Chris Breedlove and Katie Zucker. Connecting with more of you around the world, wherever we are. You can watch the video version of this over at Facebook.com/imadoptedOrg2020-04-251h 02I'm Adopted: The PodcastAdoptee Talk with Daria Rottenberk, Alex Gilbert, Janna Lamb and Alex KuchIn this podcast episode, we bring to you the cast from our live Facebook video stream. Thank you Russian-American Adoptee Daria Rottenberk, Romanian-New Zealand Adoptee Alex Kuch and Russian-NZ Adoptee Janna Lamb for joining us . Connecting with more of you around the world, wherever we are. You can watch the video version of this over at Facebook.com/imadoptedOrg2020-04-1843 minI'm Adopted: The PodcastBurning Questions for AdopteesIn this podcast episode, we bring to you the cast from our live Facebook video stream. This week on the I'm Adopted - Talk live cast we talk with Alex Kuch, Katie Zucker, Kristine Freark and Robert Clifford to talk about those burning questions for adoptees. Connecting with more of you around the world, wherever we are. You can watch the video version of this over at Facebook.com/imadoptedOrg2020-04-181h 04I'm Adopted: The PodcastRelationships Between Adoptive Siblings - Alex KuchIn this Episode of I'm Adopted, Adoptee Alex Kuch is hosting and he talks about the relationships between adoptive siblings.2020-03-1112 minI'm Adopted: The PodcastWelcome 2020 - 7 Years Since Contacting my Birth Family. Whats Changed?Welcome to our first Podcast of I'm Adopted for 2020. In this episode, Russian - New Zealand Adoptee Alex Gilbert talks about the current relationship with his birth family in Russia after being in contact for 7 years.2020-03-0422 minI'm Adopted: The PodcastA Huge Thank You!This is our final episode of I'm Adopted for the 2019 season. We will be right back with our new season in the New Year! Thank you so much!2019-12-0317 minI'm Adopted: The PodcastRomanian Adoptee Alex Kuch shares his views on the global state of International AdoptionsIn this Episode of I'm Adopted, Romanian Adoptee Alex Kuch is still hosting with us and this week he shares with us his views on the global state of International Adoptions.2019-11-2612 minI'm Adopted: The PodcastRomanian Adoptee Alex Kuch Talks about his own personal views on AdoptionThis week on I'm Adopted, Romanian-German-Kiwi Adoptee Alexander Kuch is hosting while Alex Gilbert is away. This week Alex talks about his own views on adoption.2019-11-1916 minI'm Adopted: The PodcastNational Adoption Awareness Month - Those Stories From Other AdopteesIn this Episode of I'm Adopted, we take a look at some of the incredible stories that were told on our podcast. We revisit Janna Lambs story, Alex Kuch's story, Daria Rottenberk's story and Allyson Duranceau's story.2019-11-1315 minI'm Adopted: The PodcastAdoptee Alexander Kuch Talks RomaniaIn this Episode of I'm Adopted, Romanian Adoptee Alexander Kuch joins us to talk about his views on his birth country, Romania.2019-11-0522 minI'm Adopted: The PodcastCelebrating National Adoption Awareness MonthIn this Episode of I'm Adopted, Adoptees Alex Gilbert and Alex Kuch talk about what National Adoption Awareness Month means to them.2019-10-3011 minI'm Adopted: The PodcastRemembering Our First MemoriesIn this Episode of I'm Adopted, we are joined with Romanian-German Adoptee Alex Kuch to talk about our first and earliest memories growing up as an adoptee.2019-10-2315 minI'm Adopted: The PodcastFrom Moscow to North Carolina, American-Russian Adoptee Allyson Duranceau Shares Her StoryThis in this Episode of I'm Adopted, American-Russian Adoptee Allyson Duranceau shares with us her story, about the relationship with her family who raised her in the United States as well as the contact and meet up with her birth family in Moscow, Russia.2019-10-1511 minI'm Adopted: The PodcastBeing In The Shoes of your Birth Family or Birth ParentsIn this Episode of I'm Adopted, Alex Gilbert talks about how his birth parents might have been feeling before meeting him in Russia for the first time in 2013.2019-10-0824 minI'm Adopted: The PodcastTajikistani-New Zealand Adoptee Sarah Berghan Shares her Story and Incredible JourneyIn this Episode of I'm Adopted, Tajikistani-New Zealand Adoptee Sarah Berghan joins us to talk about her story. Sarah was adopted at the age of only one month old from the city of Dushanbe in Tajikistan. She lived there until the age of two years old while her New Zealand parents did missionary work in an orphanage in the same city. She then came to New Zealand with her parents and four siblings. This is her story.
Follow Sarah on Social Media - Instagram: @sarah.berghan2019-10-0119 minI'm Adopted: The PodcastEvery Experience is DifferentIn this weeks episode of I'm Adopted, Romanian-German-Kiwi Adoptee Alexander Kuch speaks with Alex Gilbert about the personal and emotional challenges that every adoptee may face across their journey. Every experience is Different.2019-09-2422 minI'm Adopted: The PodcastRussian-American Adoptee Alex Schmidt Shares us his Adoption JourneyAlex Schmidt is an Russian-American Adoptee currently residing in Seattle Washington. In this Episode of I'm Adopted he shares with us his story and journey.2019-09-1724 minI'm Adopted: The PodcastRussian-American Adoptee Daria Rottenberk joins us to share her incredible storyIn this Episode of I’m Adopted, Russian-American Adoptee Daria Rottenberk joins us to share her story. She was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia and adopted to America when she was six years old. Her story is touching, special and unique. Thank you Daria for joining us this week!2019-09-1024 minI'm Adopted: The PodcastAdoptee Alex Kuch Talks to Alex Gilbert about some of the most common questions as an AdopteeIn this Episode of I'm Adopted, Romanian-German-Kiwi Adoptee Alex Kuch joins Alex Gilbert to talk about some of the most common questions and challenges asked as an adoptee.2019-09-0324 minI'm Adopted: The PodcastMy First Impressions of Russia after meeting my Birth ParentsIn this Episode of I'm Adopted, Russian-New Zealand adoptee Alex Gilbert talks about his first impressions of Russia when he met his birth parents for the first time in 2013.2019-08-2727 minI'm Adopted: The PodcastMy Childhood as an AdopteeIn this Episode of I'm Adopted, Alex Gilbert talks about his childhood as an adoptee, what he would ask his parents about with his own adoption and the questions that he would often ask.2019-08-2026 minI'm Adopted: The PodcastAlex Gilbert talks to his Russian birth father Mihail (Misha) Kovkov about his LifeIn this Episode of I'm Adopted, Alex Gilbert organised a talk with his birth father Mihail (Misha) about his life and his relationship with Alex. Mihail only knew about Alex in 2013 when he reached out to him via social media. Alex met Mihail for the first time at the end of 2013 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.2019-08-1325 minI'm Adopted: The PodcastWhen Should I Search for my Birth Family or Parents?In this Episode Russian-New Zealand Adoptee Alex Gilbert talks about the right age to search for your birth family or birth parents. Be honest, be prepared for anything and never give up hope. Do a search only when you feel it's right.2019-08-0628 minI'm Adopted: The PodcastCelebrating Four Years of I'm Adopted - Why It's ImportantIn this episode Alex talks about the importance of I'm Adopted and how the project started in 2015. This month we celebrated four years of the I'm Adopted project.2019-07-3027 minI'm Adopted: The PodcastRussian-New Zealand Adoptee Janna Lamb shares with us her story and searchIn this episode, Russian-New Zealand Adoptee Janna Lamb sat down with Alex to talk about why she did the search for her birth family in Russia, what she learnt about visiting them in Russia and why she decided to take the journey herself, with the full support of her New Zealand parents.2019-07-2328 minI'm Adopted: The PodcastRomanian-German-New Zealand Adoptee Alexander Kuch shares his storyIn this episode Alex Gilbert sat down with Romanian-German-New Zealand adoptee Alexander Kuch to talk about his story, experience and his work with I'm Adopted.2019-07-1626 minI'm Adopted: The PodcastFinding Birth Families or Birth Parents - Taking Small StepsIn this episode, Alex Gilbert talks about taking those small steps with searching for birth family or birth parents. Making your own decision and with taking your own time.2019-07-0926 minI'm Adopted: The PodcastConnecting with others AdoptedIn this Episode Alex Gilbert talks about why it's important to connect with other adoptees, why having that contact and friendship is important. Note: A new podcast is out every Wednesday.2019-07-0330 minI'm Adopted: The PodcastAn IntroductionWe welcome all of you to the very first podcast for I'm Adopted. In this episode, Alex Gilbert talks about his background and introduces his story about the search for his birth parents in Russia, why having this podcast is important and the importance of connecting others with I'm Adopted.
The I'm Adopted Page can be found on Facebook at facebook.com/imadoptedOrg or imadopted.org2019-06-2927 min