Adoption Dialogue Series 7: When Adoptive Families Meet Birth Families

18 Sept

The Adoption Dialogue was set up by The Mothers’ Bridge of Love in 2024 with the aim of helping international Chinese adoptees and adoptive families communicate with each other, raise social awareness around adoption, and support other adoptees and adoptive families across the world. Previously, we have successfully collaborated with Canada, the United States, Norway, and the United Kingdom to hold multiple adoption forums.

In 2025, this series of events revolves around adoption healing. We hope to highlight real, personal experiences and feelings from adoptees and adoptive families and connect people through sharing and healing together.

MBL Adoption Dialogue Event Overview:

Series 1 (January 2024)

The Mothers’ Bridge of Love & Asian Adoptees of Canada (Canada)—Q&A with Author Xinran

Series 2 (June 2024)

The Mothers’ Bridge of Love & International Child Search Alliance (the United States) + Hong Kong Adoptee—Birth Family Searching, Adoption Documents Consultation, Q&A with Chinese Adoptees

Series 3 (September 2024)

The Mothers’ Bridge of Love & Kinaforeningen i Norge (Norway) + Writer of Adoptert Fra Kina—Dialogue about Adoption

Series 4 (December 2024)

The Mothers’ Bridge of Love & Chinese Adoptees from the UK and Canada—How Are We? Lived Lives, Inner Realities, and Personal Experiences of Being Adopted

Series 5 (March 2025)

The Mothers’ Bridge of Love & Chinese Adoptees from the US and the UK—Being Adopted: Difficulties, Struggles, and Hope

This event features the inner realities of adoptees as they grew up. Two guest speakers from the UK and the US shared their experiences and advocated for greater awareness of the challenges faced by adoptees, especially during their teenage years. The stories shared deeply resonated with many adoptees and adoptive families.

Series 6 (June 2025)

The Mothers’ Bridge of Love & Adoptive Mothers from Canada and Italy/the UK—Having Adopted: Concerns, Difficulties, and Love

This event focuses on adoptive parents—whose experiences and stories are often overlooked in discussions around adoption from China. Two adoptive mothers from Italy/the UK and Canada shared their experiences raising their adopted children, concerns and difficulties faced, as well as their determination and strength in loving their children.

Series 7 (September 2025)

The Mothers’ Bridge of Love & adoptee from the UK and her biological brother from China—When Adoptive Families Meet Birth Families

This event will focus on the true story of a British Chinese adoptee, recounting her reunion experiences with her adoptive parents and her biological family from China. We will invite both the adoptee and her younger brother from China to share their experiences of separation and reunion, highlighting how the two families, across countries, overcame many challenges to finally be reunited.

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