Do you have Adopted Russian Children?

[Super]

Hey there Dis-Families =)

I was just curious how many are out there, especially because I have heard some cool tales about American adopters from orphanage women =)

But I myself was adopted, in 1992 and am the earliest I know of. How old are your Russian kids and when were they adopted. Have you taken the back to see their parents? Where in Russia are they from?

Me: I havn't been back, but I want to very much. I'm 17, 2.5 at age of adoption and I'm from Penza =)

 

[jorose01]

Our son is adopted from Vladivostok. We are celebrating our year anniverary as a family together in Disneyworld! The whole family is going including aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandmas!! There are 12 of us going and it should be quite a sight!

It is too early to go back for a visit - he is way too young to get anything out of a trip back. I hope you get to go back a visit Penza. Good luck and god bless!!

 

[Aliceacc]

Sorry, my son is from Korea!

But we do hope to bring him back someday when he's old enough.

 

[Subrbnmommy]

My DD4 is form Kemerovo. SHe was almost seven months old at the time of adoption. We'd like to visit Russia with her when she's older.

 

[disneymomto5]

My daughter is from Perm and has been with us for 4 years. We plan on taking her back when she's old enough if she wants to go.

 

[Omma]

Sorry, my son is from Korea!

But we do hope to bring him back someday when he's old enough.

I have three kiddos from Korea!

 

[tinkerbellgirl93]

My aunt was unable to have children so she adopted two girls from Russia (not sure where in Russia). One was merely a baby; her name was Tanya, but my aunt and uncle renamed her Julie. The other was like four I believe; her name was Vicka, but they renamed her Victoria. They were adopted about seven years ago. They are now VERY talented gymnasts, so we always wonder whether their parents were acrobats.. They do speak english...fluent of course. Julie never knew any Russian, but Victoria did when she arrived here. Her accent is still hear-able, but she doesn't remember any Russian words, now at age 12. Their past at home, before the orphanage, was absolutely terrible. I'd hate to explain it all out right now, but if you would like to hear it, please just request, I'll check this board frequently.

They are veeeryy crazy gals and have some problems in school though..
We took them to Disney with our parents over Thanksgiving..it was a blast!
BTW, they haven't been back to Russia since..

Are you any good at gymnastics? Maybe it has something to do with the culture..?

 

[daisyduck123]

No, but I've had several in my class.

One is a boy who's in 7th grade now.
He was adopted as a toddler, but still remembers the alcohol bottles his father used to hide out in the snow.

The other is a girl who's in the 6th grade now...his sister.

 

[design_mom]

My two were born in Russia.
My son is 7 and was adopted in 2001. He was born in Krasnoyarsk territory.
My daughter is almost 4. She was adopted in 2005. She was born in Moscow Region.

I would like to take DS back to visit in a few years, but DD is too young to make the trip, I think. I'm trying to decide whether we should postpone until we can all go, or whether I should take each child separately. It is nice to hear from an older adoptee.

 

[nascar-j]

My DS 10 is adopted from Kharkov, Ukraine about 50 km from Russia. He's been here for over 8 years. We adopted him in 1999.

There are about 30 of us in my area that have all adopted internationally, most from Russia or Ukraine. We used to get together once a month. Now that most of our kids are getting older, sports, school and other things make it harder.

I have friends that have adopted from Russia in the 1980's. Friends down the street have a DS20 that was abopted in 1989. They met us at home the night we returned form Ukraine.

We have always told my son that we will go back to Ukraine when he is old enough, if he wants. As of now, he doesn't have any interest. That may change as he gets older. We would like to go before he turns 18. He has dual citizenship. Even has 2 passports. As a Ukrainian citizen, he will have to serve in their military if he returns after he's 18.

j

 

[notafan]

My nephew was adopted from Russia when he was about a year old. His parents are sharing what they can of his culture, but no plans to go back.

 

[hoosiergirl7]

My cousin adopted a little girl from Russia in 2004. I believe she was born in April of 2002, but I do not remember. And I couldn't tell you where in Russia she was born. She looks like her mom which is interesting since she's adopted. She's really beautiful. I don't know if they ever plan on taking her back or not.

We have an adopted son, but he was born here in the US and we are waiting to adopt a little girl from China. We've always thought about Russia but we know it's also fairly expensive too so that's the only thing keeping us from adopting from Russia.

My family is from eastern Europe. My grandparents were born in Latvia and my parents were born in Germany. I have been to Latvia once and I would so love to go back. I have family still there and I have a cousin who is from the US but is teaching at an international school in Riga, the capital.

 

[mom2kayzb & jakers]

I have three kiddos from Korea!

I too have three from Korea!! One girl and two boys!

 

[Super]

Awsome stories =)

On the topic of gymnastics, My younger sister adopted new born at the same time as me, has done gymnastics in the past and she was incredibly flexible. However she lacked balance and control due to her being very sick as a young one.

I'll find a pic and put it here later || of us in the orphanage =)

But heres some that I have already. from 1993
The Penza Hotel

Orphanage

The last one I was told was the babies getting some sun, although it doesn't look entirely safe for a baby out in the Russian winter!

 

[nascar-j]

Super,

Nice pics.. It looks very similar to some we have from Kharkov, Ukraine. Here's a link to some pics of my DS' orphanage and when we first adopted him.

http://webpages.charter.net/nascar-j/ukraine.htm

j

 

[Super]

Wow that's awsome that you have pictures of inside the orphanage, I however only have a short video :S

 

[nascar-j]

Wow that's awsome that you have pictures of inside the orphanage, I however only have a short video :S

We were in Ukraine for a month. We spent a part of each day at the orphanage playing with him. By the 2nd week, the orphanage staff were pretty comfortable with us and let us go pretty much anywhere and they didn't have problems with us taking pics and videos. We were told we were the first international family to adopt from this orphanage. I suspect this may be true. Most of our friends in the adoption group were not allowed to go anywhere except a "greeting room" where they visited with their kids. And they weren't allowed to see anything else much less take pics. They all adopted from other orphanages that did a lot of international adoptions.

We were grateful that we were allowed to go anywhere. We have over 500 pics. We pull up the pics and videos a couple of times a year and watch them with Ian to remember where he was born.

j

 

[Super]

How cool! As far as I know, my family were in Russia for 6 weeks after their adoption man was caught falsifying information
and struggled to get the papers organised

 

[design_mom]

Awsome stories =)
The last one I was told was the babies getting some sun, although it doesn't look entirely safe for a baby out in the Russian winter!

Your pictures look very similar to the ones we have of my kids' baby homes. DD's baby home had a large screened porch attached to it that was filled with cribs. During our first trip to meet her and accept her referral, we learned that she took her nap out there. We thought that was nice because the baby home did not have air-conditioning and it was very hot inside. I'm sure the babies were more comfortable on the porch.

During our second trip it was much colder. They went to get her up from her nap and she was still on the porch -- wrapped up in a about a million layers and a snow suit. Her nose and face were bright red, but the rest of her seemed toasty warm. I asked about it and was told that the babies nap on the porch all year round because it's important for them to get fresh air! It gets COLD in Moscow in the winter time!!!! (My translator said that his own child napped on the balcony to his apartment, even in the winter. I guess it's a cultural thing, but I thought that was funny because otherwise Russians seemed to bundle their children up much more than Americans do!)

 

[nascar-j]

Russians seemed to bundle their children up much more than Americans do!)

Boy, this is true! In the pics I linked to when the kids were outside for a walk, they put 6 coats on them and 3 hats... It was about 20^F. They were so bulky, they couldn't walk. It was like they were wearing a bubble suit. Strangely they didn't put gloves on them.

j