I was adopted from Russia to New Zealand in 1994. What I didn’t know until 29 years later was that I also had family connections in Kazakhstan, along with an uncle in Ukraine. Like many of us in this community, I have carried so many unanswered questions. I connected with my birth parents in Russia for the first time in 2013, and in 2015 I founded this community. Even then, there were still questions I couldn’t answer. My birth mother grew up in an orphanage until adulthood, which inspired me to

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Last week I shared a glimpse of my upcoming documentary about my family connections in Kazakhstan. I was adopted from Russia to New Zealand in 1994. What I didn’t know until 29 years later was that my family roots also stretch into Kazakhstan, and even to an uncle in Ukraine. Over time, I’ve been piecing together these connections and this short video is a preview of that journey. My Kazakhstan Connection will premiere in full on September 20th here on this page and on my YouTube channel. I hope

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