An Adoption Story is an online series where we follow the lives of adoptees' with their journeys. Sitting down with Russian-New Zealand adoptee, Alex Gilbert to give an insight to their lives that may come with challenges along the way.
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Ashley John-Baptiste is a BBC reporter who grew up in foster care and spent most of his life believing he was an only child. That is until his mid-20s, when he received a life-changing message. A man contacted him on social media telling him that he was his brother. As it was with Ashley, some children in care grow up completely unaware of their siblings. More common, however, are cases where looked-after children do know about their siblings – but are split up once in care. The law says they should stay together if it's safe and appropriate to do so, but around half of sibling groups in care in the UK are separated. To find out why this is happening, Ashley hears from young people and children whose lives have been changed forever by the impact of separation.
When questions about familial genealogy arise, it's up to two diligent and sophisticated owners of the company DNA Confidential to unearth the Secrets, Lies and DNA Ties among their clients in order to get the answers needed.
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Myka and James Stauffer were the picture of the 21st century American Dream: happy marriage, beautiful kids, and a self-built YouTube vlogging empire. At the center of it all was Huxley, an adorable young boy they adopted from China. Huxley was more than just their star — he was their son. Until one day, he wasn’t.
The twin brothers Peter Anema and Erik Hulsegge did not know about each other's existence for 17 years. Why were they separated upon adoption?
This stranger-than-fiction series explores the question of whether Natalia Barnett is an exploited Ukrainian child with dwarfism or a dangerous adult masquerading as a child. Featuring exclusive bombshell interviews with members of Natalia's adoptive family, relatives, friends, legal experts, and neighbors, this docuseries offers a never-before-seen glimpse into the Barnett family, Natalia's identity, Michael Barnett's October 2022 trial, as well as key insights into new theories and evidence.
The world is changing and living as a big family is a culture that withered down. These days, it’s even hard to see a nuclear family with so many single people living alone. Living with family brings endless conflicts as much as it brings comfort and a solid shoulder to cry on. Through a young lady named Geum Hui, Home for Summer is a drama about not giving up hope on finding the true meaning of family.
Dale is a cool, composed, and highly skilled adventurer who's made quite a name for himself despite his youth. One day on a job deep in the forest, he comes across a little devil girl who's almost wasted away. Unable to just leave her there to die, Dale takes her home and becomes her adoptive father. Devil or not, Latina is beyond adorable, and the adventurer soon finds himself head over heels with being a parent. But why was she out in the forest to begin with, and why does she carry the mark of a criminal?
A family drama involving a 32-year-old unmarried man who is raising four children! Kim Tae Pyung is a domestic helper and a legal guardian for four children who are not related by blood. Mr. Kim and his children go through a range of difficulties on their way to becoming a family. Let’s find out how they learn to accept each other as family members and become a true family!
A spy, an assassin and a telepath come together to pose as a family, each for their own reasons, while hiding their true identities from each other.
An American comedy-drama television series.
A former pro ballplayer and his sculptor wife start a family in an unorthodox way, adopting six teenagers of various ethnic and racial backgrounds.
A wondrous and fiendishly humorous stop-motion animation series about freak orphans who are desperately trying to get adopted.
That's My Boy is a British sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV from 1981 to 1986. It stars Mollie Sugden as Ida Willis, who takes a job as a housekeeper for her son, whom she gave up for adoption years earlier.
Struggling to afford university, Xiang Yuan accepts financial support from the wealthy Ye family, unaware of how deeply it will shape her future. As she builds her career and nears independence, she unexpectedly falls for the eldest son, Ye Qianze—while the younger son, Ye Yun, quietly falls for her. Caught in a complicated love triangle, Xiang Yuan must balance gratitude, ambition, and love as she fights to stay true to her dreams.
An action thriller depicting the revenge of children who barely survived the brink of death after being abandoned by their adoptive parents.
Oz Vessalius, heir to one of the duke houses, has just turned fifteen. His life is rich and carefree, darkened only by the constant absence of his father. At his coming-of-age ceremony, however, everything changes. For no reason that he can discern, he's cast into the prison known as the "Abyss", only to be saved by a "chain" known as Alice, the bloodstained black rabbit. It is unknown why was he cast into Abyss, how does Alice factor into it all, and what does the organization known as "Pandora" want with him.
Together We Stand, also known as Nothing Is Easy, is an American television series that aired on the CBS network from 1986 to 1987. It was written by Stephen Sustarsic and directed by Andrew D. Weyman. Together We Stand is about a married couple, David and Lori Randall, and their array of adopted children from all walks of life. According to producer Sherwood Schwartz, the plot for this show was originally written as a spin-off from The Brady Bunch called Kelly's Kids. In the January 4, 1974 episode of The Brady Bunch, which served as a backdoor pilot, the Bradys' neighbors plan on adopting one child but end up adopting three boys, all of different ethnicities.
A story about the life of a mother and her two daughters; a real daughter and an adopted daughter whose fates are twisted and lives change due to the real daughter and the adopted daughter have been swapped, cause intense conflicts within the family.
When a stray black cat named Kuro crosses Mahiru Shirota's path, the high school freshman's life will never be the same again. Kuro is, in fact, no ordinary feline, but a servamp: a servant vampire. While Mahiru's personal philosophy is one of non-intervention, he soon becomes embroiled in an ancient, altogether surreal conflict between vampires and humans.
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12 episodes • 2022
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| 1 | Alexei Zarya | Nov 23, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Viktoria Rundle | Dec 3, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Anya Gibson | Dec 16, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Alex Kuch | Jan 12, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Vanya Syron | Jan 25, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Alexei D'Ath | Feb 15, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Katya Reach | Mar 23, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Zachary-Victor | Apr 8, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Nina | Apr 22, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Iván | Jun 19, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Marina | Jul 10, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Felicita | Aug 7, 2023 | 0.0 |
5 episodes • 2024
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| 1 | Ekaterina | Jun 21, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Ian | Sep 28, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Valentina | Dec 15, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Victor | Apr 13, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Mark & Janice Gilbert | Aug 1, 2025 | 0.0 |
4 episodes • 2026
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| 1 | Tracy | Jan 15, 2026 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Daniela | Feb 11, 2026 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Oksana | Mar 11, 2026 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Arna | Apr 11, 2026 | 0.0 |