adoptee
New family member
An adoptee is a person who has been legally adopted, especially when viewed from their perspective rather than the adoptive parents'.
The term emphasizes the adopted person's identity and experience: As an adoptee, she always wondered about her birth parents.
Adoptee rights groups advocate for access to original birth certificates.
Underground nutrient absorbers
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- originsPoints where things start
- homelandOne's native land
birthright · biological · genetic · lineage · birthparents · search · reunion · records
Protected person; division
- custodyProtective care or control
- guardianshipLegal care of another
- placementPutting somewhere specific
- finalizationAct of completing something
decree · court · paperwork · agency · caseworker · consent · termination · parental rights
Legal non-birth guardians
- birth motherParent who delivered child
- birth fatherMale who conceived child
- adoptive siblingsChildren united by legal placement
- half-siblingsChildren sharing one parent
genealogy · family tree · relatives · extended family · household · birth family · first family · reunion
A joining or relation
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- communityCollective of connected people
- inclusionBeing made part
- bondingForming close connections
attachment · integration · affiliation · solidarity · kinship · culture · tradition · assimilation
Lasting psychological wound
- lossBeing without something
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- attachmentConnection or fondness
- bondingForming close connections
resilience · healing · therapy · support group · narrative · story · journey · activism
Institution housing parentless children
- infantVery young child
- newbornInfant just delivered
- toddlerChild learning to walk
- minorScale with lowered third
dependent · foster care · institutionalized · abandoned · surrendered · foundling · waiting child · special needs
roots
Underground nutrient absorbers
homeland · birthright · biological · genetic · lineage · birthparents · search · reunion · records · sealed
ward
Protected person; division
- custodyProtective care or control
- guardianshipLegal care of another
- placementPutting somewhere specific
finalization · decree · court · paperwork · agency · caseworker · consent · termination · parental rights · petition
adoptive parents
Legal non-birth guardians
- birth motherParent who delivered child
- birth fatherMale who conceived child
- adoptive siblingsChildren united by legal placement
half-siblings · genealogy · family tree · relatives · extended family · household · birth family · first family · reunion · contact
connection
A joining or relation
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- communityCollective of connected people
- inclusionBeing made part
bonding · attachment · integration · affiliation · solidarity · kinship · culture · tradition · assimilation · acculturation
trauma
Lasting psychological wound
- lossBeing without something
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- attachmentConnection or fondness
bonding · resilience · healing · therapy · support group · narrative · story · journey · activism · advocacy
orphanage
Institution housing parentless children
minor · dependent · foster care · institutionalized · abandoned · surrendered · foundling · waiting child · special needs · sibling group
- dependentschild, children, kids, minor, minors
- Korean diasporaKorean Americans, Korean immigrants, Koreatown, Korean community, Korean heritage
- familymother, father, parents, siblings, parent
- relativesmother, father, sister, brother, aunt
- extended familyaunt, uncle, grandparents, grandparent, great aunt
- Former Rolesex-president, ex-wife, ex-husband, ex-boyfriend, ex-girlfriend
adopteeadopter
One who takes in
adoptive parent · birth parent · biological parent · birth mother · birth father
- early adopterFirst purchaser of innovations
- pet adoptionAcquiring a homeless animal
- adopted childMinor placed with new parents
- adopted sonNon-biological male child legally claimed
- dog adoptionAcquiring a shelter canine
- adoption agencyService arranging child placement