The Colombian Adoption House: A Case Study

Branco, Susan F.

doi:10.1080/10926755.2020.1834042

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“…Our study also reinforced the reality of illicit adoption practices in Colombian international adoption to the United States (Branco and Cloonan 2022;Branco 2021;Carreazo 2016). Half of the participants described unethical circumstances and practices impacting their adoptions which they discovered as adults.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 77%

“…Half of the participants described unethical circumstances and practices impacting their adoptions which they discovered as adults. Illicit adoption practices impact Colombian adoptees as they alter adoption narratives and sometimes impede their access to biological family information (Branco 2021). The results presented in the current research highlight how ethical or unethical adoption impacts the racial and ethnic identity of adult Colombian adoptees in the United States.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 77%

“…International adoption is a multi-part process involving the adoptive parent, the biological parent, the child, and the adoption agency. Post-adoption resources can be limited in the United States, and children and families face the difficult task of assimilation into the new and unique family dynamics with little support (Baden et al 2013;Dekker et al 2017;Lamanna et al 2018) Scholars have advocated for more comprehensive training and transparency from adoption agencies to foster social justice within adoption practices (Branco 2021;Mounts and Bradley 2020). Many adoptees experience both loss and gains through the act of adoption (Roszia and Maxon 2019).…”

Section: Colombian Adoptees and Their Racial And Ethnic Identity Processmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some Colombian adoptions were ethical and legal, following intercountry regulations and getting proper consent without coercion (Smolin 2021). Many other Colombian adoption practices were illicit, especially those between the 1960s and 1990s (Branco 2021;Carreazo 2016;Kawan-Hemler 2022). International adoption practices can result in child trafficking as it involves transferring them from poor, less-developed nations to rich, first-world countries.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Colombian adoptees are responsible for defining and integrating their racial and ethnic identity to reflect their unique experiences of transracial adoption. In addition, unlawful practices of Colombian adoptions have been well documented (Branco and Cloonan 2022;Branco 2021). When illicit adoption occurs, falsification of documents and inaccurate information is often found in the adoption history.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Racial and Ethnic Identity Development Process for Adult Colombian Adoptees

Cloonan¹,

Hatfield

Branco

et al. 2023

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This research aimed to understand the process adult Colombian adoptees raised in the United States of America go through to define themselves in the context of race and ethnicity. The research followed a qualitative narrative methodology, in which six participants were interviewed twice regarding their experiences with transracial and transnational adoption and their ethnic and racial identity process. The results suggest that identity is a dynamic process. Our research also confirms Colombian’s history of unethical adoptions and its influence on the complexity of identity and loss of adult Colombian adoptees. Throughout the article, the researchers use the term biological family referring to Colombian birth families. However, we acknowledge that other terms (i.e., first, natural, original, etc.) are also used in the adoptee community.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 77%

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confidence: 77%