The Chinese Story

 The Truth about Chinese Adoption

1. Challenging the Official Story: Truth and Lies in Chinese Adoption (Part 1, The Fairytale)
2. Challenging the Official Story: Truth and Lies in Chinese Adoption (Part 2, The Grim "Reality")
3. Challenging the Official Story: Truth and Lies in Chinese Adoption (Part 3, The New Age of DNA Tests)
   Part 3: A collection of all the stories I've heard from birthparents about the circumstances surrounding their baby's "abandonment." Spoiler alert: it's complicated.
4. Chinese Adoption: Denial in the Origin Story
   
5. A Discussion on Morality Under the One Child Policy

Living with Truth

Imagine growing up believing you were "simply abandoned."

1. So you want to learn the truth?
2. A Reply Letter to a Once "Hidden" Daughter (To: Simeng Dai)
3. Fantasy and Reality: A Reflection
4. Watching My Adoption Footage as an Adult
5. Coping with Doubt: Pragmatic Truth
6. Why Is the Chinese Adoptee Community Riddled with So Much Misinformation?
7. Why does the origin story matter?
   
8. The Altar of Abandonment, DNAConnect Match #99
   
9. All My Life, I Believed I Was Abandoned
   
10. Our Trolley Problem
11. Mooncake Festival
    
12. I repeat to myself the truth and hope to redefine myself
    

DNA and Searching for My Roots

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1. Why I Want to Visit China, Part 1
2. The Emotional Toll of Searching, Part 2
3. Wide-net Searches for Birthparents, Part 3
   
4. Choosing to do 23andMe
5. GEDmatch and DNA Testing 101
6. Connecting with Vietnamese Relatives via DNA
7. Birthparent Searches: "I want to feel like I tried."
8. How I Made the Decision to Search for Birthparents
   
9. Another Post About the Birthparent Search
10. Let's visualize the data: DNAconnect Located Searching Birthfamilies