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But due to a quirk in the current law, some international adoptees are not citizens.
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Hanna Park, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
There is probably another article to be written about the adoptees of mate worldwide.
—Jack Lang, The Athletic, 9 July 2024
About 200,000 South Koreans have been adopted in the United States, Europe and Australia in the last six decades, creating what’s believed to be the world’s largest diaspora of adoptees.
—Kim Tong-Hyung, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
By sharing their experiences online, adoptees and adoptee advocates have pushed for a new narrative that decenters adoptive parents and amplifies adoptee voices.
—Maya Cederlund, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2024
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Hanna Park, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
There is probably another article to be written about the adoptees of mate worldwide.
—Jack Lang, The Athletic, 9 July 2024
About 200,000 South Koreans have been adopted in the United States, Europe and Australia in the last six decades, creating what’s believed to be the world’s largest diaspora of adoptees.
—Kim Tong-Hyung, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
By sharing their experiences online, adoptees and adoptee advocates have pushed for a new narrative that decenters adoptive parents and amplifies adoptee voices.
—Maya Cederlund, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Adoptee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adoptee. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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adoptee
noun
adopt·ee
ə-ˌdäp-ˈtē 
: a person who is adopted
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