Stories

“Better than in my own dreams…”

My name is Mauricio, 27 years old and born in Bogotá. Since I was 21 I felt like I was missing ‘something’ in my life. A feeling that I could difficult describe. It became very soon clear that I was curious about my roots.

I attended several meetings with colombians adoptees to learn from their experiences and the possibilities of finding my roots and my biological family. Besides well-known names such as World Children and Spoorloos was also named Colombia Tu Pais (CTP). I was so happily surprised about the website that I sent them an email and  they sent me back all the information.

I was completely convinced. I’m going to start my search through Colombiatupais!

Assuming that the search should take some time, for me it was a big surprise when a few weeks after I got a call from Adry with the message that Gyna already found my birth mother. So soon! Better than in my own dreams! Besides my mother, I also have two sisters and a half brother in Bogotá.

My search is over and now I can quietly building a relationship with my biological family in Colombia.  All of this thanks to the excellent cooperation of Gyna and Adry. From the bottom of my heart … thank you Colombia Tu Pais … for everything you have done.

Please! If you want to find your biological family don’t doubt to contact Colombia Tu Pais. They have the experience and resources to help you with this !!

mschoolen@yahoo.com

“My heart was beating faster than ever…”

This story is a little overdue, but I will go ahead and share it because without ColombiaTuPais, it would have never even happened. In the beginning of June, I enlisted the help of Gyna to find my birth family. I always knew I was going to try and find my family, and whether it ever was successful or not, I could never live with myself if I had never tried. Gyna was very helpful throughout the whole process of getting the documents from my adoption to her, then giving me updates on how the documents looked. Then, after only a month of working with Gyna, I got a Skype call while I was at my internship at a radio station near my hometown. Gyna and her husband were calling me to tell me they had found my birth mother. I was ecstatic! I had so many thoughts going through my head and my heart was beating faster than ever. After I hung up the phone I called my girlfriend at the time and told her what happened, she was really happy for me. I walked back into my job and told my boss as quickly as I could what happened. I got out of there as quick as I could and called my adoptive mom and told her, “ I need to tell you and Dad something, I’m coming home now and I want both of you to be home when I get there.” They were home when I arrived, both a little worried about what I had to tell them. After I explained everything, and tears were done pouring, I received an email from Gyna about the my birth families information.

When I was adopted, I left behind an older half brother who has a son, and a twin brother along with my mom. Yes I said twin, I always knew I left him behind, but he never knew about me until my birthmother found out I had found her. We have since then talked on Facebook messenger almost every day. And after a year of talking and getting to know each other, my adoptive family and I made a trip back to Colombia for the first time in twenty-one years to meet my birth family. All I will is after spending three weeks in Colombia getting to know the city of Bogotá and Medellin for a couple of days, it was very hard to leave. Now I will  end by saying this, ColombiaTuPais is an amazing organization that are honest and hardworking, I can honestly say that without them my life would be very different and I truly believe I still would be missing a big piece of myself if it wasn’t for CTP. Your experience may be different than mine, but you will always have a high percentage of having success in finding your birth family working with CTP. Good luck to everyone on the search!

david_evjen5@yahoo.com

«A miracle reunion…»

I thank Colombia Tu Pais and Gyna for making my miracle happen this year. I took me longer than most to begin the search for my birth mother. After nearly 40 years of unanswered questions, I finally sought the truth about where I came from. Knowing that my questions may not be answered, I was ready to begin the search despite the outcome.

I chose Colombia Tu Pais after seeing the success Gyna has achieved with so many other Colombian adoptees. Gyna made the entire search process so easy. From only conducting searches that ensure the most success to her quick turnaround, it was immediately apparent that this is more than just a business to her. In less than a week, I learned my search would likely be successful. Less than a month later, Gyna notified me that she found my mother — the amazing woman who was forced to give me up at birth.

It was like a dream come true…knowing that my birthmother was alive and she wanted to meet me. For me, the story was even better. My mother cried tears of joy when Gyna first contacted her because she never thought she’d know anything about me due to the circumstances of my adoption.

After seven months of Skyping with my mother, I traveled to Colombia from the US with my husband and kids to meet the amazing woman who gave birth to me. Gyna was so helpful throughout the entire process, from checking in to see how things were going, to helping with travel arrangements from the United States to Colombia.

My visit to Colombia was unforgettable — not only did I meet my mother, but I met 4 of my 6 brothers and sisters and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins! I tell Gyna that she is my angel. Before reuniting with my family, I had a hole in my heart that is now gone. Gyna found my birth mother by contacting my uncle Gustavo, her brother (he passed away just after my visit this year). Had I waited any longer, we would’ve missed the opportunity to experience this amazing miracle and finally put all the pieces together. God works in wonderful ways…don’t wait to bring your miracle to life! Colombia Tu Pais and Gyna make miracles happen!

alicia2575@me.com