Wide-Net Searches for Chinese Birthparents
Lately, the "wide-net search" method of birthparent searches has taken the Chinese adoption community by storm. What is it? Why does it work? What's all this about different DNA tests? If you're an active or even passive member of the online Chinese adoption community, you've likely been flooded these past couple weeks with Facebook posts ( DNAConnect.Org Facebook Page ) on the "wide-net search." You might have been aware of the name "Stuy," be it Brian or Lan Stuy, from their active participation in the Chinese adoption community since the very beginning, or from their role in the 2019 documentary, "One Child Nation." In any case, here is my understanding and perspective of what the "wide-net search" is and why I believe it is the superior method of finding birthfamilies. What is a "wide-net" search? Technically anyone can organize one, but at the moment, these searches are being organized and conducted by the Stu...
