“As of this writing, it’s been ten years since my twin sister and I traveled to Seoul, South Korea, for the first time to attend the 2004 Korean Adoptee Conference. Of the more than 160,000 children flown overseas by agency facilitators, 400 of us arrived in our motherland intending to celebrate and contemplate fifty years of intercountry adoption. During this event, my sister and I decided that we would use the opportunity to look for our Korean family. It would also be the first time we would intermingle with Korean adoptees who had been sent to various Western nations. The trip was fantastic. (Exciting, even!) We met some awesome people who would become friends for life. During the trip, numerous adoptees also looked for their Korean families (and many even found them)!

Travel with the Vance Twins to S. Korea

My time in South Korea was the catalyst that led to a decade of research into the practice of intercountry adoption. I shared my initial thoughts and feelings inspired by the trip in a short book titled The Search for Mother Missing: A Peek Inside International Adoption. It detailed how I became aware of emerging and divergent adoption perspectives.

The first event that surprised me happened at an adoption agency. According to the adoption documents, we learned that the street we had been told we were found on did not exist. The “Certificate of Orphanhood” placed in our file gave the impression that we were orphans. We learned later that innumerable children came from Korean families, families who would come back to the orphanages (or to the agencies) to retrieve their children. Because of how the facilitators set things up, Korean babies and children had already been flown overseas for profit.”

To read the rest of their adventure, read the book. Below, the Vance Twins speak at KoRoot about how and why their activism work started. If you would like the twins to talk at your organization, email jenette@vancetwins.com

The Vance Twins

Janine is a book doctor, feature-length screenwriter, and international award-winning author of many books, including Twins Found in a Box, The Search for Mother Missing, and Rise from the Dread. She also consults entrepreneurs on story development and guides clients through the process of publishing their books worldwide.

Jenette, a Certified and Licensed Occupational Therapy Assistant and Life Coach, was trained in Integrated Psychology and Applied Neuroscience. Jenette became a Reiki Master under the direct lineage of Master Mikao Usui, the founder of Reiki. She enjoys helping people learn about Reiki and develop personalized meditations catered to their needs. 

The Vance twins have each worked in their field of expertise for more than twenty-five years. They recently joined forces to provide personalized guided meditations, Reiki Retreats and to host write-for-your-life mini-sabbaticals for busy entrepreneurs.

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