Aw I was born in April 1996 in China and adopted in 1997. Thank you for your channel. It's so amazing to find someone who I can look to and relate to. I have the same questions and experiences. Love your story.
I have a friend that adopted a little from China, that could not have any children, and she and her husband are the best parents. It was the one child policy on why so many children were adopted. Many women later on had abortions, because of ultrasound. I am so glad that China dropped their one child policy. Men need women to marry, and so I am glad this policy changed in 2015. I am also happy for all the families that could not have children were able to adopt a child or children. My friend has a girl and a boy now. She has always loved children, and I am so happy for her that she was able to adopt two children.
This is crazy. I'm 16 years old and when I was 18 months old, I was adopted from Changsha. I now live in England too, South London with my British parents and 19 year old sister who was adopted from another part of China when she was 16 months old.
Hi, Naomi - just found your channel - love it! I have two daughters from China (13 and 14), and will send them a link here. Glad you found CCI. We are lucky to live in the D.C. area, with many other families like ours (single parent/transracial). The not knowing is hard; finding your "tribe" helps a smidge, I think. Best of luck!!
i'm a mom of two from China ages 12 and 15. I really like this! You have a good attitude and perspective. My girls are awesome and we talk all about what ifs, how, why....but never knowing for sure. But I think it helps figuring yourself out. Great video.
Thank you Barbara, I tried to show a balanced perspective as there are two sides to this. Yes I agree, it can be good to ask questions and explore :) I wish them every luck!
I feel like I can relate with this completely. Especially the part about feeling strange, growing up around people who are a different race and parents with different DNA. I have yet to go to China again, but I hope I can go soon. I also wish I had a photo of where I was found; I'd treasure it forever. On the CCI site I'm Sararose Gallo, by the way.
oh hey there Sararose :) thanks so much for sharing this! I believe that this feeling of feeling out of place is common to most people but especially for adoptees and it can be hard to figure out how to deal with this. Ah I wish you luck in going back to China !
your just an inspiration to the children that's been abandoned. you are a proof that God touch some people to adopt children who needs caring people who really unlucky to have their own....nice to hear your story, God bless you and your family.
Your video just popped up after another adoption video I watched. My daughter was adopted from China in 2006. It was beautiful to way you told your story! Thank you for sharing this intimate view into your life.
Awesome video & kudos to your awesome mom & dad. A older couple, my wife and I traveled to China along with our 2 adult sons to complete the adoption of a little girl in March of 2015. She is now three and a wonder to behold. She is a very bright young girl who recalls more about her life in the orphanage than I would have expected and, it appears to me, wants to in some ways distance her self from that life in China (for instance, at times, if I say 'Xièxiè' she will correct me and say no, not Xièxiè, 'Thank you'). Watching her you can see that she just loves being part of a family and I am honored to be the one she calls Baba. One of my greatest concerns is wanting to be prepared for whatever questions she may have as she grows older like the unknowns of her past & and why she looks different than us. I look forward to following your channel for the potential insights you can provide. FWIW, you can see Lilah, whom I call my Lemondrop, on my youtube channel and also my blog kobolila.wordpress.com/
thank you for sharing your story! I wish your daughter and your family every success, and yes I will be continuing to produce more content on this channel for adoptees to relate to. Many thanks will check that out too :D
Awesome video and well said. Very well said. I understand what your saying but only adopted people know how it feels. This is another reminder to start my search..... thank you and many blessings beautiful girl !❤️🌹🙏
Excellent video. It is refreshing to hear your feelings about being adopted. You acknowledge your feelings about your identity while being fair in admitting the life you have led has brought you people and things you would not have otherwise had. You are now at an age where you can be autonomous . You are not bitter, you aren't whining. I thought this was an excellent video and you are a gorgeous woman. I wish you all the best in the future and I hope all your dreams come true. ❤️
Although I haven’t lived your life, and it’s difficult not knowing your biological parents, birthday etc. I think you were one of the lucky ones. As you mentioned, you had many opportunities, the love of wonderful parents but also you escaped the horrors of child abuse which runs rampant in China. I’m heartbroken, reading about and watching various videos on abuse against any child. In addition you escaped the trauma of those living a childhood spent studying non stop in order to attend Yale or Harvard, no time for friends or parties. I’m also happy you escaped the life growing up in an institution, I can’t think of anything worse, especially for children with disabilities who are thought by China to be a sign of bad luck to come so therefore freely discarded. Best of luck to you, you tell an interesting story.
What an amazing video. You may not have all the answers to the knowledge that you are seeking, but know that your parents love you and so do many of the individuals who signed up for your channel. I wish you luck as you search for truths. May the travels take you to places both beautiful in its location as it is rich with locals just as beautiful inside and out. Peace to you.
Thank you for sharing your story you are very lucky young woman , your adopted parents are angles glad you have a wonderful life and got to achieve things you wanted to do
I love your video, i've realised that i have so many of the same views as you with adoption and myself as i am an adoptee as well! I'm also using this as some research for my final project at college and i love your drive to figure out who you are :)
Loved hearing your story. Just know that whatever your circumstances ... it was one of life's trade offs ... maybe not a perfect one but .. certainly you've been given the ideal situation. Think how scary what the alternative could have been. Like so many millions, your life is a mystery but obviously a life that was meant to be regardless of why, what & how. Embrace the beautiful & soulful mystery that you are because actually we are all a bit of a mysterious journey ... some more than others ❣💌
You are a beautiful woman and you have an amazing life. As much as you are thankful and a knowledge your mom and dad I’m certain the day they found they were going to have you as their own followed by the day they first held you in their arms was the very best day of their lives too!
A wonderful story and good luck in your successful achievements. You are not alone as you will meet many good people. Don’t forget your culture as this will be with you all the days of your life. Best wishes from us here in Australia.
Your birth mom would be so happy to know that her baby has had such a great life. I would love to adopt from China, but not sure if it is financially possible for us. But I’ve always had a love for China and their sweet girls who need homes.
Thank you for sharing Naomi. As a fellow adoptee what are good social media groups for Asian adoptees. I’m an Asian adoptee but I do not know my true Asian ethnicity. Thanks again for your inspiring videos.
You are so beautiful.... I hope you find your bio-family sometime. I can only imagine how it feels not knowing your mother, even though your adoptive momma loves you so much, you would naturally have to long for your mother.... I would love to adopt a baby from China. One of my mom’s best friends was chinese and was a lifelong friend of our family. I loved and admired her so much. There are good things about adoption, imo and very sad. It’s inappropriate to take a child away from their homeland, people and religion. Sorry I said all this.... I hope you have a great life going forward and find all the happiness you so richly deserve....
hey love the way you story tell with the photos and stop motion graphics. touching story and glad you shared it with us, would you like to adopt kids yourself in the future? i didn't know the adoption process was 2 years long
Naomi, Thanks for sharing this video and your story. You are living evidence positive nurture into a decent human being can be done right! I'm not adopted but I grew up a BBC (yellow skin, white on the inside) and then as a 'banana' in Asia during my teenage years; so your your shared story resonates. Thank God for modern technology. Bless you too.
Hi there, many thanks, I have to say I'm not perfect however I'm trying to show adoption in all its lights good and bad. I see we can relate a lot though having both grown up British and Chinese! Yes it has been an enormous help
I have a question for you, but let me give you some background info. I’ve wanted to adopt from Asia for as long as I’ve wanted children. My mom was adopted from Japan when she was 3 and is half American half Japanese. My oldest sister is adopted from within the states. It’s just been a part of my life and I love the love in our family whether biological or adopted. I was an American exchange student in China when I was 14 and fell more in love with the language, food and all around culture. If I were to adopt from China in the future, what is something I can do, say or prepare for my adopted child? You seem to have had wonderful parents! Is there anything more or different they could have done?
Hi Tiffany, thanks so much for your comment. I think perhaps my answer will be very long for this comment box, but I am deffo working on a video to address these questions (since I do get asked this quite a lot!) urm so if its not too pressing for you, hopefully I should be able to get a video to this channel soon answering this exact question. If you do wish to discuss this with me sooner however, feel free to contact me on my social medias : facebook, twitter and instagram and I can try to type it all out in full :)
lovely story, things happened always for a reason and now you have a beautiful life, definitely your parents are awesome, God bless your family, hope one day you can visit Honduras I will teach you some Spanish!😉✌
Thank you :) I think the message of this video isn't so much that things happen for a reason and that now my life is great because we all have our ups and downs. Moreover that a lot of bad things have happened in the early stages of my life but now I'm trying to reach out to people and show them that that's ok to be upset about it and show both sides and also to show people that haven't experienced it what life is like for some people, Gracias, yo puedo ya hablar español :)
Que bien que ya hables español, and life is not easy and like every family we all have ups and downs believe me, I'm not in your same situation but sometimes my life is a mess 😛 I which you the best in your life ok and try to always be happy no matter what! Hugs for you 😉✌
Hi this pop into my notifications bell and then I started watching it thank you it was a beautiful touching story did you meet up with your birth mom after that? Just curious waiting for that updates my friend watching from London too
You are beautiful. Your life could have been much different in China. I'm sure your birth mom grieves deeply for the loss of you. If you were there you would now be subject to the one child rule, treated as a second class citizen because you are female and probably not had the opportunity to travel extensively outside China. Knowing what you do now, which life would you have chosen?
i am from Shanghai...sorry but I have to say your biological parents are so irresponsible... but your British parents are so lucky to have you, and you are lucky to have them as well ;)
For many people it is important with resemblens. That you look similar to your family. Chineses look like each other. And they are billions. Is it not natural that som chinese parents adopt a child of their own People. What do the child think...if the parent look different from them selves. I only have heard that some of them reacht as foreign from their heritage. White people are not so many people so perhaps it would be better that they were adopted by their own People...when they are so very very many more people than in the west... Many people as I have heard like to be like their families or People like their family identity. This has with identity to do
Aw I was born in April 1996 in China and adopted in 1997. Thank you for your channel. It's so amazing to find someone who I can look to and relate to. I have the same questions and experiences. Love your story.
thank you
The Here and Nao
I have a friend that adopted a little from China, that could not have any children, and she and her husband are the best parents. It was the one child policy on why so many children were adopted. Many women later on had abortions, because of ultrasound. I am so glad that China dropped their one child policy. Men need women to marry, and so I am glad this policy changed in 2015. I am also happy for all the families that could not have children were able to adopt a child or children. My friend has a girl and a boy now. She has always loved children, and I am so happy for her that she was able to adopt two children.
You are SO beautiful and so blessed that your parents found you, loved you, and give you an amazing life.
This is crazy. I'm 16 years old and when I was 18 months old, I was adopted from Changsha. I now live in England too, South London with my British parents and 19 year old sister who was adopted from another part of China when she was 16 months old.
hey there :) thanks for sharing your story! Awesome to see other British Chinese adoptees :)
My daughter is 12 and adopted from Changsha. WE live in the US.
Hi, Naomi - just found your channel - love it! I have two daughters from China (13 and 14), and will send them a link here. Glad you found CCI. We are lucky to live in the D.C. area, with many other families like ours (single parent/transracial). The not knowing is hard; finding your "tribe" helps a smidge, I think. Best of luck!!
i'm a mom of two from China ages 12 and 15. I really like this! You have a good attitude and perspective. My girls are awesome and we talk all about what ifs, how, why....but never knowing for sure. But I think it helps figuring yourself out. Great video.
Thank you Barbara, I tried to show a balanced perspective as there are two sides to this. Yes I agree, it can be good to ask questions and explore :) I wish them every luck!
Hey I'm Wong 王. Your parents love you that much. I really wish you a happy life wherever you are.
Yours is such a touching story. I wish you continued success on your journey. Thank you so much for sharing!
Thank you so much for your kind words :)
I feel like I can relate with this completely. Especially the part about feeling strange, growing up around people who are a different race and parents with different DNA. I have yet to go to China again, but I hope I can go soon. I also wish I had a photo of where I was found; I'd treasure it forever. On the CCI site I'm Sararose Gallo, by the way.
oh hey there Sararose :) thanks so much for sharing this! I believe that this feeling of feeling out of place is common to most people but especially for adoptees and it can be hard to figure out how to deal with this. Ah I wish you luck in going back to China !
your just an inspiration to the children that's been abandoned. you are a proof that God touch some people to adopt children who needs caring people who really unlucky to have their own....nice to hear your story, God bless you and your family.
THIS MADE ME REALLY EMOTIONAL OMG
awww :')
your story is so beautiful, so touching! such a cool way of expressing your story on film
thank you :) xx
Your video just popped up after another adoption video I watched. My daughter was adopted from China in 2006. It was beautiful to way you told your story! Thank you for sharing this intimate view into your life.
Awesome video & kudos to your awesome mom & dad. A older couple, my wife and I traveled to China along with our 2 adult sons to complete the adoption of a little girl in March of 2015. She is now three and a wonder to behold. She is a very bright young girl who recalls more about her life in the orphanage than I would have expected and, it appears to me, wants to in some ways distance her self from that life in China (for instance, at times, if I say 'Xièxiè' she will correct me and say no, not Xièxiè, 'Thank you'). Watching her you can see that she just loves being part of a family and I am honored to be the one she calls Baba.
One of my greatest concerns is wanting to be prepared for whatever questions she may have as she grows older like the unknowns of her past & and why she looks different than us. I look forward to following your channel for the potential insights you can provide.
FWIW, you can see Lilah, whom I call my Lemondrop, on my youtube channel and also my blog kobolila.wordpress.com/
thank you for sharing your story! I wish your daughter and your family every success, and yes I will be continuing to produce more content on this channel for adoptees to relate to. Many thanks will check that out too :D
Awesome video and well said. Very well said. I understand what your saying but only adopted people know how it feels. This is another reminder to start my search..... thank you and many blessings beautiful girl !❤️🌹🙏
Excellent video. It is refreshing to hear your feelings about being adopted. You acknowledge your feelings about your identity while being fair in admitting the life you have led has brought you people and things you would not have otherwise had. You are now at an age where you can be autonomous . You are not bitter, you aren't whining. I thought this was an excellent video and you are a gorgeous woman. I wish you all the best in the future and I hope all your dreams come true. ❤️
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing! Going to show my daughters!
mummatomany glad you liked it! Hope they enjoy it too :)
I really enjoyed watching it! I wish you the best of luck!
thank you so much
Although I haven’t lived your life, and it’s difficult not knowing your biological parents, birthday etc. I think you were one of the lucky ones. As you mentioned, you had many opportunities, the love of wonderful parents but also you escaped the horrors of child abuse which runs rampant in China. I’m heartbroken, reading about and watching various videos on abuse against any child. In addition you escaped the trauma of those living a childhood spent studying non stop in order to attend Yale or Harvard, no time for friends or parties. I’m also happy you escaped the life growing up in an institution, I can’t think of anything worse, especially for children with disabilities who are thought by China to be a sign of bad luck to come so therefore freely discarded. Best of luck to you, you tell an interesting story.
Great video, Naomi. Keep up the great work. :)
thank you :)))
What a beautiful young woman you have grown to be
thank you :))
Thanks Naomi, great work! You are such a great role model for my daughter
What an amazing video. You may not have all the answers to the knowledge that you are seeking, but know that your parents love you and so do many of the individuals who signed up for your channel. I wish you luck as you search for truths. May the travels take you to places both beautiful in its location as it is rich with locals just as beautiful inside and out. Peace to you.
Thank you for sharing your story you are very lucky young woman , your adopted parents are angles glad you have a wonderful life and got to achieve things you wanted to do
I love your video, i've realised that i have so many of the same views as you with adoption and myself as i am an adoptee as well! I'm also using this as some research for my final project at college and i love your drive to figure out who you are :)
thank you so much! and woo good luck with your final project :)
Loved hearing your story. Just know that whatever your circumstances ... it was one of life's trade offs ... maybe not a perfect one but .. certainly you've been given the ideal situation. Think how scary what the alternative could have been. Like so many millions, your life is a mystery but obviously a life that was meant to be regardless of why, what & how. Embrace the beautiful & soulful mystery that you are because actually we are all a bit of a mysterious journey ... some more than others ❣💌
You are a beautiful woman and you have an amazing life. As much as you are thankful and a knowledge your mom and dad I’m certain the day they found they were going to have you as their own followed by the day they first held you in their arms was the very best day of their lives too!
A wonderful story and good luck in your successful achievements. You are not alone as you will meet many good people. Don’t forget your culture as this will be with you all the days of your life. Best wishes from us here in Australia.
Your birth mom would be so happy to know that her baby has had such a great life. I would love to adopt from China, but not sure if it is financially possible for us. But I’ve always had a love for China and their sweet girls who need homes.
You have a beautiful soul, I'm subscribing and looking forward to more videos from you :) Love from Coventry xx
thank you so much :)
Thank you for sharing Naomi. As a fellow adoptee what are good social media groups for Asian adoptees. I’m an Asian adoptee but I do not know my true Asian ethnicity. Thanks again for your inspiring videos.
wow! you're such an inspiration :)
Thank you :)
Such an amazing story and video! We look forward to watching more of your story and travels :)
aw yay you replied, thank you so much
We can't wait!
Your story really helped me and I can relate because I was also adopted from China . But I'm only a teenager so I haven't experienced that much.
Glad you could relate :) you've got plenty ahead of you then ;)
This was fantastic!
thank youu brendan :)
You have grown..., You're young lady beautiful❤️ God bless u🙏
kind-heart&awesome parents !I love your English accent
Thank you Naomi for sharing. I will encourage my daughter to subscribe.
Thank you so much :)
You are so beautiful.... I hope you find your bio-family sometime. I can only imagine how it feels not knowing your mother, even though your adoptive momma loves you so much, you would naturally have to long for your mother.... I would love to adopt a baby from China. One of my mom’s best friends was chinese and was a lifelong friend of our family. I loved and admired her so much. There are good things about adoption, imo and very sad. It’s inappropriate to take a child away from their homeland, people and religion. Sorry I said all this.... I hope you have a great life going forward and find all the happiness you so richly deserve....
hey love the way you story tell with the photos and stop motion graphics. touching story and glad you shared it with us, would you like to adopt kids yourself in the future? i didn't know the adoption process was 2 years long
Hi there thank you :) Yes I love stop motion. I'll be honest I'm not sure at the moment and yes it can be up to 6 years now!
Jess Bess yes some even take four Or Five years
Naomi, Thanks for sharing this video and your story. You are living evidence positive nurture into a decent human being can be done right! I'm not adopted but I grew up a BBC (yellow skin, white on the inside) and then as a 'banana' in Asia during my teenage years; so your your shared story resonates. Thank God for modern technology. Bless you too.
Hi there, many thanks, I have to say I'm not perfect however I'm trying to show adoption in all its lights good and bad. I see we can relate a lot though having both grown up British and Chinese! Yes it has been an enormous help
a lucky girl her new parents were well off and she has a wonderful life
You are an amazing, beautiful young woman and I send you best wishes on this journey we call life. xoxo
Beautiful story. Love it
thank you so much :)
Thanks also for sharing your wonderful story very inspiring god bless you and your family.
You can do a DNA test. Also, in the province you were born you can leave your DNA at the police department there
Sei una ragazza fortunata, l'adozione ti ha cambiato la vita.
I have a question for you, but let me give you some background info. I’ve wanted to adopt from Asia for as long as I’ve wanted children. My mom was adopted from Japan when she was 3 and is half American half Japanese. My oldest sister is adopted from within the states. It’s just been a part of my life and I love the love in our family whether biological or adopted. I was an American exchange student in China when I was 14 and fell more in love with the language, food and all around culture. If I were to adopt from China in the future, what is something I can do, say or prepare for my adopted child? You seem to have had wonderful parents! Is there anything more or different they could have done?
Hi Tiffany, thanks so much for your comment. I think perhaps my answer will be very long for this comment box, but I am deffo working on a video to address these questions (since I do get asked this quite a lot!) urm so if its not too pressing for you, hopefully I should be able to get a video to this channel soon answering this exact question. If you do wish to discuss this with me sooner however, feel free to contact me on my social medias : facebook, twitter and instagram and I can try to type it all out in full :)
This is beautiful thank you for sharing. You are a very beautiful person.☺️👍💛🌹
This is a very interesting video thanks for letting us into your world.
Such a sweet video
Thank you :)
lovely story, things happened always for a reason and now you have a beautiful life, definitely your parents are awesome, God bless your family, hope one day you can visit Honduras I will teach you some Spanish!😉✌
Thank you :) I think the message of this video isn't so much that things happen for a reason and that now my life is great because we all have our ups and downs. Moreover that a lot of bad things have happened in the early stages of my life but now I'm trying to reach out to people and show them that that's ok to be upset about it and show both sides and also to show people that haven't experienced it what life is like for some people, Gracias, yo puedo ya hablar español :)
Que bien que ya hables español, and life is not easy and like every family we all have ups and downs believe me, I'm not in your same situation but sometimes my life is a mess 😛 I which you the best in your life ok and try to always be happy no matter what! Hugs for you 😉✌
Thankyou for sharing your story im adopted too bless you xx
Thank you :) bless you too!
This made me cry :)
Hi this pop into my notifications bell and then I started watching it thank you it was a beautiful touching story did you meet up with your birth mom after that? Just curious waiting for that updates my friend watching from London too
It's an encouraging story... god bless you ....
You are absolutely beautiful!
Love from the USA 🇺🇸 ❤️
You are beautiful. Your life could have been much different in China. I'm sure your birth mom grieves deeply for the loss of you. If you were there you would now be subject to the one child rule, treated as a second class citizen because you are female and probably not had the opportunity to travel extensively outside China. Knowing what you do now, which life would you have chosen?
thank you
hey,did you try to find your original parents ?
It would be horrible not knowing your real birthday and biological parents... a part of who I am would be missing. I’m glad you got a family.
Have you tried DNA tests? It can answer alot of health questions you may have
U are lucky. With Beautiful people that love U. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰👍👍👍👍👍🛫
You are very blessed and very beautiful.
感谢上帝，王吉红（king and lucky)，l来自上帝的祝福。你非常幸运！为你有这样的父母而开心！You are very lucky！
im adopted too from china 1999, adopted from jiangsu province contact me if u wanna vibe adoption style
i am from Shanghai...sorry but I have to say your biological parents are so irresponsible... but your British parents are so lucky to have you, and you are lucky to have them as well ;)
hiu :D iam Nimi 24 and iam Born in india and i am adopted too :D nice Video greeting from Austria my homecountry
Do a DNA test! Who knows??
U are very lucky being adopted by White family.
Ciao grazie anche avoi famiglia che avete un bello bambino carino ciao tutti
Ciao che bello bambino carino anche se la sua famiglia e bella carina come il bambino ciao tutti
I really want to be aopded
cool！ love forever......
For many people it is important with resemblens. That you look similar to your family. Chineses look like each other. And they are billions. Is it not natural that som chinese parents adopt a child of their own People. What do the child think...if the parent look different from them selves.
I only have heard that some of them reacht as foreign from their heritage. White people are not so many people so perhaps it would be better that they were adopted by their own People...when they are so very very many more people than in the west...
Many people as I have heard like to be like their families or People like their family identity.
This has with identity to do
🥰❤️💓💝💘💞
Stay strong my sister 一切安好