Transracial adoption

Abstract

English Qualitative research investigated expatriate families living in China with adopted Chinese children and the manner in which living in China influenced the adoptees' acquisition of their culture of origin. The values and cultural practices of these expatriate parents are also examined. French Il s'agit d'une recherche qualitative qui explore la situation des familles expatriées vivant en Chine et ayant adopté des enfants Chinois. Plus particulièrement, cette recherche examine la façon dont le fait de vivre en Chine a influencé les enfants adoptés à intégrer leur culture d'origine. Les valeurs et les pratiques culturelles des parents expatriés sont également examinées. Spanish Mediante investigación cualitativa se estudió a las familias expatriadas que viven en China con sus niños adoptivos chinos, y la forma en que vivir en China ha influenciado en éstos la adquisición de su cultura de origen. También son examinados los valores y prácticas culturales de estos padres expatriados.

Global families: an evolving concept

“…Family situations and living arrangements for global families today can resemble lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) families (see Michaels and Tamm, Chapter 12, this volume), transracial adoption families (Heimsoth and Laser, 2008), and blended families with some children in the host-location and other children in the home location where the other biological parent lives (Grayson, 1994;McNulty, 2015a). Families may consist of multigenerational members and relatives (Brookfield Global Relocation Services, 2014;McNulty and Hutchings, 2016), and households characterized with family-like significant other relations among friends who are very important to the family regardless of blood ties (e.g.…”