My adoption
- Nikki Brinley

- Nov 2, 2020
- 2 min read
When I was 4 months old I was left in a park restroom to be found and taken to an orphanage. I was born March, 1997. Back then the one child law still stood.
I am not sure why my parents gave me up, that is something Ill always wonder.
When I was taken to the Shang Du orphanage I was given the name Liu Gang. I was born in the city of Sichuan.
I was adopted the following year and brought back to the united states.
I don't know a lot about myself.. I've taken a DNA test and it told me I was 7% Hawaiian but the rest just saying i was from china but could not tell me anything else with race.
I have a lot of questions for them. Honestly I've never really thought about it until now or have even been wanting to look but I want answers. The reason why its hard for me to look is because China is a whole other country and a lot more people. I don't have the finances or even a valid passport to go find my parents. I would love to find people who are related to me but the chances are very low but I still have hope.
I've always had an emptiness inside of me. Abandonment.
I don't know how it feels to be touched by the people who made me, to feel whole, or wanted so whenever I see families together I cannot connect because I've never had that.
But for me family isn't blood its the people in my life who love me for me. One day I hope to visit my home and to get some answers.

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