Greek adoptees
Diaspora
Greek Adoptees in the US Gather to Share Stories, Tears, and Hugs
A group of Greek women adoptees, brought from Greece as infants and toddlers, met recently in Salem, New Hampshire to share their stories.
Most of them had not yet met each other face-to-face, but they had formed a bond that...
Diaspora
Greek Born Adoptees Gather for First Ever Reunion in USA
Greek born adoptees seeking to know more about their roots, and Greek families searching for their children lost to adoption, have gathered in Nashville, Tennessee for what's being billed as the first annual Greek adoptee reunion.
Families and individuals from...
Greek News
Greek Adoptees Fight for Citizenship, Access to Records
Linda Carol "Eftychia" Trotter, the founder of the Eftychia Project, the Greek adoptee organization which helps Greek adoptees find their birth families, met with Greece's Minister of the Interior and Minister of Labor and Social Affairs recently in Athens.
The...
Diaspora
Diaspora Minister Promises Action on Citizenship for Greek Adoptees
Andreas Katsaniotis, Greece's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Diaspora, met with officials from The Eftychia Project (TEP), a group of Greek adoptees, this week, promising them action on granting them full citizenship.
As part of its effort to...
Diaspora
DNA Samples Collected Throughout Nation to Help Greek Adoptees
Greece has a troubled past regarding its many children who were sent abroad supposedly as orphaned Greek adoptees during the dark days of civil war and the difficult decades afterward. Many were not orphans at all but were taken...
Diaspora
Cold War-Era Greek Adoptee Finds Her Family, Founds Mission to Help Others
Greek adoptee Linda Carol Trotter, through The Eftychia Project, provides assistance and support to Greek adoptees searching for their roots.