How does Heidis experience compare to that of other adoptees finding their birth parents?
We understand from experts in the adoption world that reunification of adoptees with birth parents is often not a happy dream come true. It’s not unusual to find that the results of reunions after years of separation and cultural differences do not meet the expectations of either the child or the parent. In fact, it’s often an explosion of dreams colliding with reality. This is true not only in the case of separations caused by the Vietnam War, but also in similar situations in other cultures as well as reunions between families of the same background.
