ROOTS & BELONGING

This book addresses one of the most overlooked realities of adoption: identity
formation does not end when a child enters a family—it unfolds across a lifetime.
While adoption creates stability, love, and opportunity, it also involves separation from
birth culture, ancestry, and historical continuity. For many adoptees—particularly in
transracial and transnational contexts—this separation can produce identity confusion,
emotional distress, and lifelong questions of belonging.