Stories

“The greatest news I could ever wished for…”

Looking for my biological mother has always been something I needed to do. However that was A LOT easier said then done. As I got older I found it even more scary. But in the spring I decided to take small steps to accomplish my ultimate goal. I began reading about adoption reunions and joined an email group about Colombian adoption and an online social group. Once apart of these groups I read about other adoptees looking for their families and they would ask group members who had found their loved ones which company to work with and I found Colombiatupais was the company that was constantly brought up.

Once I found that pattern I decided to check out their website, where I found many testimonials of adoptees who had great experiences working with Colombiatupais. So when I became comfortable with taking the leap to start my search I decided to work with Colombiatupais.

When I first contacted Gyna I gave her the little information I had and she took it from there. Even after she told me she felt very comfortable about having a successful search; I wanted a few questions answered before she moved on into the second step, which wasn’t a problem. Because she took the time to answer my questions in depth I truly felt like her number one concern was to help me in my search for my birthmother. So, when Gyna and her husband told me that they found my birthmother, I was not too surprised to see the great emotion she had for me when they were telling me the greatest news I could ever wished for! I will be forever grateful for all the work she did to find my birthmother and her professionalism.

jennifer.dovner@gmail.com

“Compassion and respect during an emotional time…”

Working with Colombia Tu Pais was such a warming and positive experience. They were very professional and informative from the very beginning. They sent me all the information that I needed to start the process and helped with any questions that I had.

Colombia Tu Pais genuinely cares about adoptees. Gyna and Diego showed me compassion and respect during an emotional time. They were also able to Skype with me to deliver the good news of finding my birth mother, which I truly appreciated. Gyna was also extremely kind, sensitive and helpful to my birth mother. I was able to call and talk to my birth mother for the first time on Mother’s Day.

I will now be traveling back to Colombia for my first time to meet my birth family in February. Words cannot express my gratitude for Colombia Tu Pais. Thank you Gyna and Diego!

kristen.emerick@gmail.com

“The best gift of my life…”

On summer,  we travelled to Colombia with my parents and my brother Julian searching our roots. Julián already had contacted Gyna and she came to meet us. During the three weeks we were in Colombia she helped us searching. She found a photo of Julián’s mother and the clinical history of my mother. Unfortunately we had to come back to Holland but she never stopped.

On February we received a phone call from Gyna and she told us that she had found my mother in United States and that they had arranged a meeting in Bogotá that month. I sent her a letter and some photos. Two weeks after their meeting, my biological mother called me and we clicked very well at once.

We kept in touch for some months by telephone and by email we interchanged photos. On the first week of August we went (my parents, my boyfriend and I) to our first familiar encounter in Miami. What so wonderful experience!!! My two mothers, with the same first name: Adriana, got on very well. Moreover, both families formed a big family as if they knew each other for ages. This is the best gift of my life…!

p.hagenbeek@hotmail.com