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The FCV Family to Family Directory provides a place for parents to announce the progress of their adoptions. It also serves as a resource for parents to connect with one another to talk about agency and adoption experiences. The directory is organized by adoption status (ie, in process or completed) and alphabetically by last name. If you would you like to be included or to update your listing, please go to: Add me to the FCV Family to Family Directory.
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Families Home (A-B)
| Family | Abby |
| Child | Melanie Haiha Kristt |
| Birthdate | Sept 26, 1998 |
| Age at adoption | |
| Date of adoption | March, 1999 |
| Adoption agency | Spence-Chapin in NY, IMH in VN |
| Province | Tu Liem in Hanoi |
| Special comments | She is healthy and doing very well - eating like a little piglet and practicing how to sit and crawl. She smiles and laughs alot and is just adorable. |
| Family | Heather & Steve Adams |
| Child | Liem Huu Adams |
| Birthdate | April 24, 2001 |
| Age at adoption | 4 1/2 months |
| Date of adoption | Sept 12, 2001 |
| Adoption agency | IMH |
| Province | Cau Giay, Hanoi |
| Special comments | Liem is in the FCV Photo Gallery. |
| Family | Dion and Chandra Alleman |
| Child | Anais Lan Gabrielle |
| Birthdate | 01/14/00, October 29, 2002 |
| Age at adoption | 6.5 months, 4 months |
| Date of adoption | 07/11/00, February 17, 2003 |
| Adoption agency | European Adoption Consultants, Inc. |
| Province | Hoi An and Phu Tho |
| Special comments | Anais and Chloe are in the FCV Photo Gallery. |
| Family | Mary Gay & Richard B. Altizer |
| Child | Grace Altizer |
| Birthdate | 7-7-01. |
| Date of adoption | March 02 |
| Age at adoption | 8 months |
| Province | Tra Vinh |
| Adoption agency | International Mission of Hope / Lutheran Family Services in Roanoke, VA |
| Special comments | Grace is in the FCV Photo Gallery. She has adjusted and doing well since our trip home. |
| Family | John & Susan Alves |
| Child | Paige An & Lenox KimThu |
| Birthdate | October 21, 1997 & January 2, 2000 |
| Age at Adoption | 9 months & 6 months |
| Date of Adoption | July 21, 1998 & June 4, 2000 |
| Adoption agency | Tedi Bear Adoptions |
| Province | Hung Yen & Tu Liem |
| Special comments | Paige loves being a big sister and the boys adore her. Our trip to VN was the best ever! It was so nice to have a stress-free trip and get to enjoy the country of Viet Nam. |
| Family | Cary & Leanne Austrins |
| Child | Noah Michael Vinh Thai and Meghan Elizabeth Thi Lien |
| Birthdate | January 10, 2001, and March 13, 2001 |
| Date of adoption | June 2001 |
| Age at adoption | 5 months & 2.5 months |
| Province | Man Non 2, HCMC (Noah) and Co Vien, Vung Tau (Meghan) |
| Adoption agency | Terres Des Hommes, Quebec Canada |
| Special comments | Both children are a joy, and we are so happy to have them home in our family. Noah and Meghan are in the FCV Photo Gallery. |
| Family | Tania & Mark Bailey |
| Child | Asia Thi Tien |
| Birthdate | August 3, 2001 |
| Date of adoption | March 2002 |
| Age at adoption | 7 months |
| Province | Vung Tau |
| Adoption agency | Sunrise Adoption Agency (BC) and Terres des Hommes (Quebec) |
| Special comments | Asia is our first child. We would love to connect with families who are in the process or have adopted from Vietnam and who live in BC, expecially the Vancouver area. We plan to adopt another child from Vietnam within the next couple of years. You can view Asia's photos in the FCV Photolisting. |
| Family | Greg, & Julie Bakaysa |
| Child | Jared Scott Tran and Gabrielle Sophia |
| Birthdate | May 6, 1998 and 11/21/02 |
| Age at adoption | 15 months and 10 weeks old |
| Date of adoption | August 30, 1999 and January 2002 |
| Adoption agency | Holt International (used a local agency for our homestudy) and Adoppt, Inc |
| Province | Dong Nai and Bac Kan |
| Special comments | Jared is an absolute joy, very healthy, active and loving! Jared who is 4 1/2 traveled to bring home his little
sister and did so great! He called it his "Great Adventure"! He definitely felt that he was part of the process in doing the paperwork, etc to get his baby sister and handled it all well |
| Family | Dale and Robert Baker |
| Child | Marcia Sharon Baker |
| Birthdate | 4/6/99 |
| Age at adoption | 4 months |
| Date of adoption | 8/5/99 |
| Adoption agency | Adoptions from the Heart |
| Province | Ho Chi Minh City |
| Special comments | Marcia is truly the joy of our lives. We would love to hear from others in the South Jersey or Philadelphia area who have or are in the process of adopting from Vietnam. Marcia is in the FCV Photo Gallery. |
| Family | Judy Baker |
| Child | Yen Tuyet Ellsbeth Baker |
| Birthdate | 9-20-94 |
| Age at adoption | 7 mo at adoption |
| Date of adoption | Av in USA 6-6-95 |
| Adoption agency | Agency ACC IMH |
| Province | Tu Liem |
| Special comments | I am a single mother, with a 8 yr old child. Any other moms/kids from this timeframe? Yen and I spent 6 wk in VN 2001, independent travel. Can speak to those traveling with their children back to VN. Anyone had experience with birth parents search? Would like to maintain contact with those who adopted children 93-96 era..especially from Tu Liem Hanoi btwn 93-present. |
| Family | John & Jennifer Baldwin |
| Child | Emily |
| Birthdate | 10/25/00 |
| Province | Vung Tau |
| Adoption agency | Children's Hope International |
| Special comments | Emily is in the FCV Photo Gallery. You can also read Emily's adoption story on the Adopt Vietnam website. Emily's website is http://members.cox.net/4bugsinarug/ . We are now a family of four instead of just three! Ethan Joseph Baldwin was born to us on 7/15/02 |
| Family | Paul & Kim Barron |
| Children | Paul Tai and Grace Yen |
| Birthdate | |
| Age at adoption | |
| Date of adoption | 09/13/1999 |
| Adoption agency | |
| Province | |
| Special comments | We are interest in corresponding with other families would have adopted from Vietnam. |
| Family | Therese and Bill Bartlett |
| Child | Moya Tien Bartlett |
| Birthdate | 2/98 |
| Age at adoption | 10 mos. |
| Date of adoption | 12/8/98 |
| Adoption agency | Children's Home Society of MN |
| Province | Binh Thuan |
| Special comments | Moya is our first child and she is a sheer joy. We hope to return in a year or so for another child (perhaps a little brother for Moya). We thoroughly loved Vietnam and the in-country staff that worked with us. We would welcome the opportunity to share our experiences with other families! |
| Family | Mark and Tanna Bartlett |
| Child | Derek Tai and Curt |
| Birthdate | October 29, 2001 (Derek) |
| Age at adoption | 4 months (Derek) |
| Date of adoption | March 13, 2002 (Derek) |
| Province | Phu Tho city/Phu Tho Province (Derek) |
| Adoption agency | Circle of Hope/IMH |
| Special comments | Derek and Curt are in the FCV Photo Gallery. Derek joined his Bother Curt
(born July 3,1999) who was adopted from Vinh City Vietnam in Nov. 1999 also at the age to 4 months, and sister Sharla born (June 18, 1987(bio daughter)) who traveled with us both times to bring her bothers home. |
| Family | Brett & Linda Battles |
| Child | Fiona Mai Lan Battles |
| Birthdate | January 20, 1998 |
| Age at Adoption | 1 year |
| Date of Adoption | January 1999 |
| Adoption agency | North Bay Adoptions, IMH in Vietnam and ASI for our homestudy |
| Province | Can Tho |
| Special comments | Fiona is our second child (first by adoption.) We have a little boy named Ronan who is just a couple months past two years old. We live in Santa Monica, California. Fiona is in the photo gallery! |
| Family | Leslie Anne and Doug Beaton |
| Child | Cassia Thi Linh |
| Birthdate | 24 September 2000 |
| Province | Lang Son |
| Adoption agency | Children's Bridge |
| Special comments | She has two brothers who are anxiously awaiting her arrival. Cassia's photographs are in the FCV Photo Gallery. |
| Family | Joan Beeman |
| Child | Jolee Belle Tran Beeman. |
| Birthdate | 10/2006 |
| Age at adoption | 6 months |
| Date of adoption | 04/2007 |
| Adoption agency | |
| Province | Red Cross Da Nang Orphanage |
| Special comments | Jolee's pictures are in the FCV Photo Gallery. My adoption blog can be viewed at: www.youbelong.net/busybee |
| Family | Bryan and Kelly Beichler |
| Child | Eden Xuan and Emily Bien |
| Birthdate | 11/15/01 |
| Age at adoption | 4 months |
| Date of adoption | 4/9/02 |
| Adoption agency | World Child (used Adoption Horizons for the Homestudy) |
| Province | Lang Son |
| Special comments | Eden and Emily are in the FCV Photo Gallery. |
| Family | Mary Ellen Betzler |
| Child | Grace Catherine Betzler |
| Birthdate | June 11, 2001 |
| Age at adoption | 13 months |
| Date of adoption | July 9, 2002 |
| Adoption agency | God's Families (Orange County) |
| Province | Lang Son |
| Special comments |
| Family | Mark and Dreema Benton |
| Child | Cameron Thu |
| Birthdate | 10-26-00 |
| Date of adoption | 3/31/01 |
| Age at adoption | 5 months |
| Province | Lang Son Province |
| Adoption agency | Tedi Bear Adoptions (Asian Children's Service) |
| Special comments |
| Family | Carl Bentsen & Susan Horwitz |
| Child | Henry Binh Horwitz and Tay Daniel Horwitz |
| Birthdate | August 24, 1999 and August 22, 2001 |
| Date of adoption | 4/21/00 |
| Age at adoption | 8 months |
| Province | Bac Giang and Lang Son |
| Adoption agency | International Family Services and La Vida |
| Special comments | Henry and Tay are in the FCV Photo Gallery. |
| Family | Kurt & Susan Beard |
| Children | Jacob Andrew, Jonathan Parker and Madison |
| Birthdates | January 1, 1997 (Jacob) & July 5, 1997 (Jonathan) & Tra Vinh |
| Age at adoption | 17 mos (Jacob) & 11 mos. (Jonathan) |
| Date of adoption | June 23, 1998 & September 18, 1999 (Madison) |
| Adoption Agency | PLAN Int'l |
| Province | Soc Trang (Jacob and Johnahan) & Tra Vinh (Madison) |
| Special comments | Jacob, Jonathan & Madison are in the photo gallery! Kurt has 1 son from a previous marriage and one grandson. These are our first children together--they are such joys! We live in Vancouver, WA. I am willing to talk with anyone who needs someone to share with. |
| Family | Laura Bergeron |
| Child | Eli Tuan Bergeron |
| Birthdate | 10/11/99 |
| Age at adoption | 8 weeks |
| Date of adoption | 12/6/99 |
| Adoption agency | Cascade International Children's Services |
| Province | Lang Son |
| Special comments | I'm a single mom starting to consider a second adoption from Vietnam. I highly recommend Cascade - they were wonderful. I love talking to others about adoption and our experience. |
| Family | Harold and Annie Bergman |
| Child | Lea Thao Bergman |
| Birthdate | 27 April 1999 |
| Age at adoption | 8 months |
| Date of adoption | 11 January 2000 |
| Adoption agency | Wasatch International Adoptions |
| Province | Thai Nguyen Province |
| Special comments | Lea is in the Photo Gallery. She is the light and love of our lives - and keeps us young. |
| Family | Taylor & Lisa Bills |
| Child | Madison Scott Minh Bills & Cadence Noelle Tam Bills |
| Birthdate | 5-10-1995 & 8-7-01 |
| Age at adoption | 16 months & 10 months |
| Date of adoption | Sept. 1996 & June 2002 |
| Adoption agency | Heaven Sent Children & Global Village |
| Province | Kien Giang & Tue Liem (Cau Giay) |
| Special comments | Special needs - cleft lip babies |
| Family | Jessie Blake |
| Child | Danielle Linh Blake and Michaela Grace Thanh Blake |
| Birthdate | 9/10/94 (Danielle) & 7/20/98 (Michaela) |
| Age at adoption | |
| Date of adoption | July of 1995 (Danielle) & December of 1998 (Michaela) |
| Adoption agency | |
| Province | Ha Bac (Danielle) & Phu Tho (Michaela) |
| Special comments | I am a single mom in northern California. I am especially interested in connecting with other single moms. Danielle and Michaela are in the FCV Photo Gallery. |
| Family | Erik and Michelle Blake |
| Child | Chloe Elise Nhung Blake and Camille Autumn Yen Blake |
| Birthdate | Chloe was born on 8-11-02 and Camille was born on 8-19-02. |
| Date of Adoption | Chloe 01/16/02 Camille 01/09/02 |
| Age at adoption | 5 months |
| Province | Chloe is from Cau Giay (Hanoi) and Camille is from Go Vap (HCMC). |
| Adoption agency | A.D.O.P.P.T., Inc |
| Special comments | Chloe and Camille Blake are in the FCV Photo Gallery. |
| Family | Chris and Jane Blewden |
| Child | Isabelle Thao Blewden |
| Birthdate | 25 February 2001 |
| Age at adoption | 4 months |
| Date of adoption | 6th July 2001 |
| Adoption agency | Childrens House International and IMH |
| Province | Lang Son |
| Special comments | Isabelle's adoption is unusual on two counts - it was by direct relinquishment and Isabelle is one of very few children adopted into the UK, under UK law, using an agency/facilitator. If you want any information about our adoption experiences, please email us. |
| Family | Charles & Christina Blottner |
| Child | Minna Catherine Nhu Blottner |
| Birthdate | November 16, 1998 |
| Age at adoption | 8.5 months |
| Date of adoption | July 21, 1999 |
| Province | Tra Vinh |
| Adoption agency | IAAP |
| Special comments | Minna is our first child, she is an absolute joy! We live in Richmond, Virginia and welcome any questions! |
| Family | Kevin and Colleen Boehmer |
| Child | William Duc |
| Birthdate | January 26, 2000 |
| Age at adoption | 5 months |
| Date of adoption | July 17, 2000 |
| Adoption agency | Access Adoption |
| Province | Hanoi, Vietnam |
| Special comments | William also has an older sister of Korean heritage adopted locally. We live in Kitchener, Ontario. |
| Family | Rinaldo and Laura Bognier |
| Child | Roberto Van Long and Asia Thu Ha |
| Birthdate | October 1, 2001 and 14/01/2005 |
| Age at adoption | 6 month old and 3 months |
| Date of adoption | April 16, 2001 and 29/04/2005 |
| Adoption agency | N.A.A.A.-Ciriè (To) Italy |
| Province | Cau Giay(Tu Liem); City Hanoi;provence: Vinh Puch and Thay Nguyen |
| Special comments | Live in Italy. See photo and story at www.geocities.com/robyvanlong/index.html |
| Family | Tim and Chris Bogue |
| Child | Hanna Tran Bogue |
| Birthdate | 9/23/92 |
| Age at adoption | Just shy of 5 years old |
| Date of adoption | July 15, 1997 |
| Adoption agency | New Life Social Services/IMH |
| Province | Tu Liem now Cau Giay, Ha Noi |
| Special comments | Adopting an older child has been a wonderful experience. There is nothing we would have changed and are ready to do it all over again. Hanna met her two big brothers when they were ages 12 and 10. |
| Family | Ruth Bonapace |
| Child | Isabella Thi Tham Bonapace |
| Birthdate | April 15 |
| Date of adoption | 9/12/01 |
| Age of Adoption | 5 months |
| Currently living in | Tu Liem/Hanoi |
| Adoption agency | Wide Horizons for Children/IMH |
| Special comments | Isabella's photo is in the FCV Photo Gallery. She is very happy, bright and alert. |
| Family | Karyn Bowie |
| Child | Jackson Luong Bowie |
| Birthdate | 3-20-01 |
| Date of adoption | 09/06/01 |
| Age at adoption | 5-1/2 months |
| Province | Nam Dinh |
| Adoption agency | IAAP |
| Special comments | Jack lights up my life. We live in the Wash DC area. |
| Family | Kevin & Kerry-Jo Brady |
| Child | Kyle Joseph Minor Brady |
| Birthdate | January 18, 1998 |
| Age at adoption | 10 weeks |
| Date of adoption | March 26, 1998 |
| Adoption Agency | Orphans Overseas |
| Province | Nam Dinh |
| Special comments | -- |
| Family | John & Mary Brennan |
| Child | Cara |
| Birthdate | January 25, 1993 |
| Age at Adoption | 6 years |
| Date of Adoption | January 25, 1999 |
| Adoption agency | World Child |
| Province | Binh Thuan Province |
| Special comments | You can see photos of Cara in the photo gallery! We also have a daughter, Amy (7). |
| Family | Rolando and Jennifer Brizzi |
| Child | Sofia Grace Kieu Brizzi |
| Birthdate | June 1, 2001 |
| Province | Hanoi |
| Adoption agency | Spence Chapin |
| Special comments | Kieu's photo is in the FCV Photo Gallery. |
| Family | Robin and Jerry Brodeur |
| Child | Abigail Shae Thi Thuy Brodeur and Ben Brodeur |
| Birthdate | Abby: 2-2-2000 Ben: 3-27-2002 |
| Date of adoption | Abby: 8-1-2000 Ben: 7-29-2002 |
| Age at adoption | Abby: 6 months Ben: 4 months |
| Province | Abby: Cau Giay Orphanage/Tuyen Quang Province Ben: Tam Binh Orphanage/HCMC/HCMC |
| Adoption agency | Abby: Alliance for Children Ben: Lutheran Social Services of NE |
| Special comments | I would love to share our adoption experience with any families who would like to contact me. See Abby and Ben's pictures in the FCV Photo Gallery. Website: www.myvnkids.com |
| Family | Jacci & Steve Brown |
| Child | Jack Brown & Abigail Vo Brown |
| Birthdate | 4-1-99 & September 28, 2000 |
| Age at adoption | 3 1/2 months & 3 months |
| Date of adoption | July 19,1999 & December, 2000 |
| Adoption agency | Carolina Adoption Services, Greensboro, NC |
| Province | HCMC |
| Special comments | Jack and Abigail are in the FCV Photo Gallery.We would love to hear from anyone with questions or similar experiences! |
| Family | Jeff and Jane Browne |
| Child | Jonathan and Zachary |
| Birthdate | Jonathan 4/15/01 Zachary 7/6/01 |
| Age at adoption | Jonathan was 6 months old and Zachary was 3 months old |
| Date of adoption | 10/15/01 |
| Adoption agency | Adoption Choice, Milwaukee, WI |
| Province | Hanoi from Cau Giuy Orphanage |
| Special comments | Both boys are doing well. They are happy and energetic, love books, playing outside, and watching Wiggles videos. They are in excellent health, they don't even get colds. |
| Family | Debra Brunt |
| Child | Tyler Luc |
| Birthdate | April 2, 2001 |
| Date of Adoption | November 14, 2002 |
| Age of adoption | 19 months |
| Adoption agency | Lutheran Social Services |
| Province | Go Vap |
| Special comments | I am single and living in New Hampshire. |
| Family | Blake & Christen Buchert |
| Children | Holland Winsome Ninh Buchert & Challen Dao Tuan Buchert |
| Birthdates | May 6, 1996 (Holland) & March 15, 1995 (Challen) |
| Ages at adoption | 5 months (Holland) & 21 months (Challen) |
| Dates of adoption | October 14, 1996 (Holland) & January 13, 1997 (Challen) |
| Adoption agency | MAPS |
| Province | Hoa Binh orphanage in Hoa Binh (Holland) & Thuy An orphanage in Ba Vi (Challen) |
| Special comments | Separate adoptions. We also have a bio son (11) and daughter (9). We'd like to invite any FCV families coming to the Outer Banks area to please contact us. |
| Family | Michelle & Ian Busch |
| Child | Allison Thu Yen Busch and Jack Duyen Sang Busch |
| Birthdate | Oct 1999 and August 8, 2002 |
| Age at adoption | 5 months and 4 months |
| Date of adoption | April 2000 and November 12, 2003 |
| Adoption agency | MAPS |
| Province | Both from Hoa Binh orphanage |
| Special comments | Jack and Allison's photos are in the FCV Photo Gallery. |
| Family | Dan & Sandy Butler |
| Child | Matthew Quang Butler & Kathryn Huynh Butler |
| Birthdate | December 19, 1993 & June18, 1998 |
| Date of adoption | 1995 & Jan. 199 |
| Adoption agency | Thursday's Child (IMH) |
| Province | Can Tho & Tra Vinh |
| Special comments | We are in the Connecticut area and interested in meeting other CT families who have adopted from Vietnam. |
| Family | Pam Ryan-Brye and Paul Brye |
| Child | Ana Thao Brye |
| Birthdate | 4/14/00 |
| Age at adoption | 7 months |
| Date of adoption | 11/15/00 |
| Adoption agency | World Child |
| Province | Province Bac Giang, outside of Hanoi |
| Special comments | We live in the Washington, DC area and are involved with our local FCV chapter. |
| Family | Trinda and Michael B. |
| Child | Cara |
| Birthdate | 8/24/2000 |
| Age at adoption | seven months |
| Date of adoption | March, 2001 |
| Adoption agency | European Adoption Consultants |
| Province | Hoa Binh |
| Special comments | Cara is in the Photo Gallery. I would like to hear from other families with children my daughters age and from others near Odessa Delaware. |
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