Guest Blog: A Brief History of Modern Adoption
Just as I felt compelled to know how I came to be and my relinquishment and adoption story, I also felt compelled to understand the history of adoption. I believe understanding the roots of how adoption came to be gave me perspective to understand my story of relinquishment and adoption in a relevant way. There are two general eras of modern adoption: adoption before the 21st century and adoption after the first adoption law was passed in 1851 in the United States. Before the
