An Adoption Story (S1): Ukranian - American Adoptee Katya Reach Shares Her Emotional Story
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- S1 EP7 (2023 Series) An Adoption Story: Katya Reach was adopted from an orphanage in Donetsk, Ukraine at the age of four years old by her American parents.
She was raised in Kansas to then moving to Oklahoma to study. She now lives her life in Tyler, Texas for her graduate studies. Katya has always wanted to learn more about her birth family growing up.
And with her parents support, she started to make discoveries with the little pieces of information that she was given when she was adopted.
Katya is also part of many online adoption communities, helping raise awareness through her online writings and blog including with our very own, I'm Adopted community.
This is her story.
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I share about my life as a Russian - New Zealand adoptee. I was adopted at the age of two, into my New Zealand family, from an orphanage in Arkhangelsk, Russia. I share my cultural upbringings, history, my life now and how I have connected with my own birth family.
I am also trying to find those missing links of mine in Ukraine and Kazakhstan.
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00:00 Introduction
03:55 Growing Up
06:42 Talking with Katyas Parents
10:05 Going Through Emotional Regulation
13:25 Studying and Helping Others
16:07 Finding Birth Family in Ukraine
19:30 Parents Support with Searching
21:38 Calling Katyas Birth Mother in Ukraine
23:44 Awareness in the Adoption Community
27:17 Life in Texas
29:26 Advice for Others Adopted
31:29 What's Next
Such an amazing young woman, eloquent, intelligent and beautiful.
Her parents had done a great job helping her overcome developmental challenges she had in her early childhood.
Thank you Alex, and the best of luck to you and Katya.
Tajik Russian adoptee here from Louisiana! Loved this so much.
Wow what an incredible young woman Katya is.
Very inspiring story. What a strong young lady.
Beautiful story! Very professional Alex you are a good presenter!
I am also an adoptee, from near Kharkiv in Ukraine and I found this video amazing ! I have always wanted to reach out and find my birth family in Ukraine, however, with the events of the past year and my home town being one of the regions heavily affected, I feel like that dream is no longer possible. Seeing such stories is always a little bittersweet for me, I am, however, glad that Katya was able to find happiness in that regard, and I find what she is doing amazing ! :D
That's sad, but you shouldn't lose hope. The town you were adopted from may have been razed by RuZZians, but with some luck, your relatives likely managed to escape. Provided that they even lived there at the time of occupation.
In any event, even a war may not prevent you from doing a DNA test and finding some cousins. Even at this time, some people in Ukraine continue their family research. The war and the real danger of losing relatives actually makes it more urgent to perform long postponed testing of older or distant relatives. So, the base for comparison is growing.
Wish you the best of luck in your pursuit!
A really moving story Katya and great presenting as always Alex
Beautiful! What a well spoken young woman. She has a very good understanding of the huge role attachment trauma plays in a person's life. Nice work Alex!
A wise beautiful person. Thanks Alex
A beautiful story. Thank you for sharing. There is always hope in this world.
Another great story, I always look forward to your interviews. Great job Alex and much success to Katya and I hope she meets her birth family soon.
Her story is touching and inspiring. Thanks u to share this. ❤
Beautiful story it touched my heart. God Bless you and Alex🙏
This such inspirational moving story, Katia is such a strong beautiful person 💪 praying for Katia biological mom safety 🙏
It’s amazing how these kids who were ejected are now helping their moms heal from their own trauma. People who are healthy emotionally and mentally don’t give up their kids, those who are traumatised and hurt and feel unable to care for a child make these kid of decisions. It’s not their fault, life is hard for those people, so it’s amazing to see how their kids help them heal!
This is amazing! We all need some grace on daily basis.
As a daughter of a Ukrainian refugee who grew up in an orphanage, I have so much admiration for Katya. You’re both beautiful and you’re turning out rather well on all fronts. 😊
Katya is an amazing, articulate, wise young lady. Loved hearing her story. Pretty amazing adoptive parents too to help her process all she went through those early years.
I live in Tyler, as well. I hope our paths cross someday.
Such an eloquent and lovely girl ! I wish her all the best ! ❤
Bravo 🎉
Thank you Katya and Alex for this. I have never adopted but do have 3 grown children. Some of the stories I have listened to just break my heart
Awww, best wishes to all.
Wow I am only half way through her story what an amazingly insightful intelligent person! I can't wait to finish watching!
You bring so much hope and understanding
This is a remarkable young woman! Wow! One comment I would like to make. I was adopted, my bio mom was adopted. My bio mom had a foster sister live with her family for awhile. Then the foster sister went back to her father. This really confused and upset my bio mother. Why didn't her father come for her? Would she have to go somewhere and be given away again? It was VERY confusing and traumatizing. I don't think people think about this when they have adoptive children and bring in foster children. Based on this, I wouldn't recommend it. If you adopt just have adopted children in the home or just foster, not both.
Спасибо за рассказ. Перевод в названии не совсем верный. Adoptee - усыновленная. А усыновительница - это тот, кто усыновил, то есть приемный родитель.
Спасибо