WARM - Washington Adoption Reunion Movement

10/12/2026

Today we honor Indigenous Peoples Day. If you are qualified to enroll in a local tribe but do not have the necessary documents due to an adoption, WARM may be able to help. Learn the requirements of your tribe then contact us. Often what is needed is a certified adoption decree that connects the dots between an original birth certificate and legal (post-adoption) birth certificate. Requirements vary between Tribes. It is very important to contact the Tribal Council before coming to us. If you have any questions, please email [email protected].

- Take a look at your location based on this satellite map showing which Tribes and Nations lived where at the time that this land became Washington Territory. There's a lot that this map doesn't say, however - it is based on an 1854 census map and not all tribes were included. Also, these kinds of borders didn’t exist for tribes; instead, territories were set by language - strict lines were not drawn as the map depicts. So, maps can be problematic in this way - they lack nuance and full context.

Adapted from the Lambert Census Map of 1854. Creation Date: 2004, 2004. Washington State Historical Society, ID: 2010.6.1.3_001.

09/29/2026

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09/27/2026

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Content note: This post discusses adoptee pain and su***de. Please take care while reading and step away if you need to.

09/24/2026

For anyone interested in genealogy, not only adoption-connected. Librarians are magic. They will help you free-of-charge research your family. The Seattle Public Library is featured. Also check out the Tacoma Public Library (main branch) and Heritage Quest in Sumner.

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09/23/2026

Most people would agree that people who were switched at birth have suffered life-long trauma. (And I completely agree.) But those who were deliberately adopted, or are donor-conceived, or born via a surrogate and never told are not seen through that same lens. The trauma is the same. You are not who you thought you were. You were raised in the wrong family or sometimes even in the wrong culture. You (and sometimes your entire family) have been living a lie. And no amount of love can fix that. In the words of another switched at birth individual: "I've lived someone else's life."

Two men switched at birth in a rural Manitoba hospital in 1955 were awarded $250,000 each in the 2025-26 fiscal year, according to financial disclosure documents released by the province this week.

09/16/2026

A sad day for those in the world of adoption. Carol Schaefer, author of The Other Mother, has passed away.

Carol Schaefer's career as an author originated from tragedy. After finding the son she'd been coerced to give up for adoption in 1966, while hidden away in a Catholic home for unwed mothers, she felt compelled to tell her story, one that over a million and a half women share. Since its publication....

08/22/2026

The question isn’t does DNA, your identity, and having your medical history matter - we know it does. The real question is why don’t adoptees matter.

You matter.

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08/22/2026

International Adoptees - Important!

The Citizenship for International Adoptees Act is a dangerous and newly introduced bill. Adoptees and their allies should not support it.

07/02/2026

Asian Adult Adoptees of WA - Oct 2-4

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Asian Adult Adoptees of Washington 30th Anniversary October 2nd – 4th, 2026 | Seattle & BellevueCelebrating Our Adoptee Community, Heritage, and Voices Asian Adult Adoptees of Washington invites you to join us to celebrate our 30th anniversary as a community! This weekend-long event is to most imp...