The last words Michelle Reed heard from her 6-year-old adopted son in early November were: "Mom, come get me." ...

MEXICO CITY — The last words Michelle Reed heard from her 6-year-old adopted ... dozens of U.S. citizens and 39 children from ...

Racism was not addressed in Jean-Marie Salem's family growing up. It wasn't until she found her birth family that she felt ...

I was called "Baby No. 3," writes television writer and producer Marissa Jo Cerar in a personal essay for TODAY.

These are just a few words to describe today's Wednesday's Child, Serenity. She has been in foster care almost five years and ...

Adoption has long been framed as a solution for both people seeking to build families and for children in need of homes.

Foster carer Rachel Fusaro says every time one of Birdie's brothers or sisters goes and she stays, she needs "extra support ...

"The world needs to know about them and their needs,” Theresa Harmon tells PEOPLE, “so they can meet their true, full ...

Adopted children are likely to be allowed much closer contact with their birth families in the future as part of “seismic” changes recommended in a report published today. Some families say the ...

Therapists, adoption workers, court workers and attorneys watch from the sidelines. “There are no unwanted children, only unfound families,” said former WPTV NewsChannel 5 anchor Jim Sackett, an ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. - Kids and parents are already making their Christmas wish lists. Some residents in Olmsted County rely on ...