When I Met My Birth Parents for the First Time in 2013

Welcome to my channel! I’m a Russian-New Zealand adoptee, adopted at the age of two from Arkhangelsk, Russia, and raised in New Zealand. Here, I share my personal journey as an adoptee, from growing up in New Zealand to reconnecting with my roots and birth family in Russia, while also exploring my extended family links to Ukraine and Kazakhstan. I’m also the creator and producer of An Adoption Story, a series sharing the journeys, experiences, and voices of adoptees from around the world, and the founder of I’m Adopted, a peer-to-peer adoptee community established in 2015. This channel is where I share more about my life as an adoptee, my birth family links, and the stories of others adopted. Thanks for being here! Connect with me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexgilbert/ YouTube: https://youtube.com/alexgilbert Facebook : https://facebook.com/nzalexgilbert