South Korea Adoption Fraud The Search
South Korea Adoption Fraud The Search
Becca Webster, holds a photo of herself at right, and her twin sister Dee Iraca, who were adopted out of South Korea to a family in the United States, Saturday, April 6, 2024, at Iraca's home in Davidson, N.C. Adopted by the same American family, their files described them as abandoned in front of a hospital. Anytime they thought about searching for their birth parents, they felt overwhelmed. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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The baby outfits of twin sisters Dee Iraca and Becca Webster, worn on their trip from South Korea when adopted by a family in the United States, are displayed in Iraca's home Saturday, April 6, 2024, in Davidson, N.C. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Park Jong-kyun works at his house on Jeju Island, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. Park had posted on a message board that he was looking for his twin girls relinquished for adoption sometime between 1973 and 1976. The message was seen by adoptee Rebecca Kimmel who eventually helped reunite Park with his daughters in America. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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Dee Iraca, right, who was adopted as a baby out of South Korea to a family in the United States, sits with her husband, Sean, Saturday, April 6, 2024, at their home in Davidson, N.C. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Dee Iraca, who was adopted as a baby out of South Korea to a family in the United States, watches a YouTube video on how to make kimbap, Korean seaweed rice rolls, Saturday, April 6, 2024, at her home in Davidson, N.C. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Rebecca Kimmel points to color photos of herself after being adopted, next to a photo of a girl used in her adoption file that she believes is a different baby, Saturday, July 1, 2023, at her art studio in Seattle. AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
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Korean adoptee Rebecca Kimmel, right, hugs Michelle Leco, center, and Jenny Kelly, left, after leaving dinner at Yetgol Old Village Korean BBQ with fellow adoptees, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024, in Seattle. The Korean adoptee diaspora is thought to be the largest in the world, with thousands returning to South Korea in recent years to look for their birth families. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
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Rebecca Kimmel shows a comparison page of differences in facial features between those taken of her after adoption and the girl used in her adoption file, at her home Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024, in Seattle. Kimmel had her adoption photos cross-checked by a dysmorphologist, a medical expert trained to identify birth defects in children, mainly from facial features. His conclusion: These were likely different girls. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
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Dee Iraca, at her home in Davidson, N.C., on Friday, April 5, 2024, shows a video of a 2023 video call with her biological father, Park Jong-kyun. She points to fellow adoptee Rebecca Kimmel, left, who sat next to Park in South Korea as Iraca, seen in the window at far right, sits with her twin sister, Becca Webster, back in America. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Rebecca Kimmel, center, eats with fellow Korean adoptees, Jenny Kelly, left, and Michelle Leco, right, at Yetgol Old Village Korean BBQ Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024, in Seattle. Kimmel still does not know, and may never know, who she is. All she knows is who she's not. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
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Adoptee Rebecca Kimmel wheels her luggage through her apartment as she prepares for her flight to South Korea to investigate her identity story, Sunday, July 2, 2023, in Seattle. In 2017, Kimmel went to a three-day event in San Francisco with hundreds of Korean adoptees and the new ideas and friendships prompted a deep sense of urgency. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
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Rebecca Kimmel talks with her adoptive parents on her laptop at her home Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024, in Seattle. Her adoptive parents have also struggled with their unintended role in a deeply flawed system. Thousands of South Korean adoptees are looking to satisfy a raw, compelling urge that much of the world takes for granted: the search for identity. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
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Dee Iraca, left, and her twin sister, Becca Webster, sit behind their baby photos from before they were adopted out of South Korea to a family in the United States, Saturday, April 6, 2024, at Iraca's home in Davidson, N.C. After all, they ended up happy in America. Yet their happiness was built on an injustice that hurt thousands, including their birth father and were too late to meet their mother. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Becca Webster, who was adopted as a baby out of South Korea to a family in the United States, loads up the back of a van with groceries while nannying for a family Friday, April 5, 2024, in Davidson, N.C. She and her sister ended up happy in America, but resent that they learned of their identity from a stranger, and that they were too late to meet their mother. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Dee Iraca, left, and her twin sister, Becca Webster, who both were adopted out of South Korea to a family in the United States, host guests at a dinner party Saturday, April 6, 2024, at Iraca's home in Davidson, N.C. Webster, a nanny with a son in college, is whimsical, chatty and easygoing. Iraca, who works as a chef and dietitian, is meticulous, serious and always on the go. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Rebecca Kimmel, front right, invited fellow adoptee Sarah Butcher to her art studio space to examine Butcher's adoption documents Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024, in Seattle. Kimmel now helps other adoptees spending hours advising them on how to get documents and information, and sharing news on adoption policies and birth search requests. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
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Rebecca Kimmel is seen reflected in her artwork depicting twins at her home Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024, in Seattle. Kimmel believes her adoption agency switched her identity with another girl, and that she may have a twin. Thousands of South Korean adoptees are looking to satisfy a raw, compelling urge that much of the world takes for granted: the search for identity. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
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Rebecca Kimmel checks her baggage for a flight to South Korea to investigate her identity story at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Sunday, July 2, 2023. "I'm almost 50 years old, and I still don't know when I was born, or what city I was born in, or whether or not I was a twin," she says. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
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Rebecca Kimmel works on a drawing Feb. 11, 2024, at her art studio in Seattle. Kimmel, an artist, thinks she is about 49; her exact age is one of the many things about herself she does not know. She throws herself with intensity into almost everything she does, particularly her all-consuming quest for her roots. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
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Park Jong-kyun holds a photo showing his twin daughters, Dee Iraca, left, and Becca Webster, at his house on Jeju Island, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. His twins were born at a time when he and his late wife were struggling financially to raise three sons. His wife needed an emergency C-section, which the couple couldn't afford. The hospital persuaded them to give away the twins to relieve the financial burden and toll on his wife's health, Park says. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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Dee Iraca, who was adopted as a baby out of South Korea to a family in the United States, returns home from a farmer's market Saturday, April 6, 2024, in Davidson, N.C. Iraca and her twin sister traveled to South Korea for the 2018 Winter Olympics and visited Holt, their adoption agency office, in Seoul, just months after their biological father went there looking for them. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Dee Iraca, left, and Becca Webster, twins who were adopted out of South Korea to a family in the United States, try Korean-style roasted seaweed Iraca made at her home in Davidson, N.C., Saturday, April 6, 2024. The sisters always considered themselves very different which prompted them to take a DNA test in the first place; they wanted to confirm for themselves that they are biological sisters. The test result not only confirmed thy are twins, but eventually led them to their birth father. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Dee Iraca, left, who was adopted as a baby out of South Korea to a family in the United States, works as chef at a farmer's market Saturday, April 6, 2024, in Davidson, N.C. Iraca and her twin sister are now taking care of their adoptive mother, who has health challenges and it's difficult to find the time and money to visit South Korea. But they want to make the effort to get to know their father. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Becca Webster, holds a photo of herself at right, and her twin sister Dee Iraca, who were adopted out of South Korea to a family in the United States, Saturday, April 6, 2024, at Iraca's home in Davidson, N.C. Adopted by the same American family, their files described them as abandoned in front of a hospital. Anytime they thought about searching for their birth parents, they felt overwhelmed. (AP Photo/David Goldman)