The Search for Origins
- Rede Anthera
- May 3, 2023
- 1 min read
Reflections on adoption experiences on the basis of research with adoptees and adoption support groups.

Research Articles
The Origins Archive. Narrative traces and (dis)continuities in child welfare cases (1995-2015).
By Agnès Martial
[Re]visiting the (un)natural mother: searches and encounter between Chilean adoptees and their birth mothers.
By Irene Agoglia e Beatriz San Román
Three generations of lesbian families in Italy and Belgium: transmission and practices dealing with origins.
By Alice Sophie Sarcinelli e Charlotte Simon
Genetics and procreative desire: what is “the origin” of children conceived through reproductive donation?
By Maria Isabel Jociles e Fernando Lores
Indirect Strategies for Disclosing the Genetic/Gestational Origins of Children Conceived by Means of Reproductive Donation (Spain)
By Maria Isabel Jociles, Fernando Lores, Nancy Konvalinka
Family belonging and class hierarchy:Secrecy, rupture and inequality as seen through the narratives of Brazilian.
By Cláudia Fonseca
Fluid kinship :the search for origins in Brazil and in Quebec: A dialogue between kinship, law, and science.
By Débora Allebrandt
The science of kinship :adoption, genetics, and identity among Brazilian adoptees.
By Débora Allebrandt
Adoption and rights.The Access to one´s origins in Argentina, Chile, and Spain.
By Mariana De Lorenzi, Aranzazu Molinero e Paulina Fernández-Moreno