Coming Home explores the personal and often complex experiences adoptees encounter when returning to seek contact with their biological families. This event presents three distinctly different real-life stories, demonstrating the varied nature of such journeys.
Christina and Maria from the television programme Sporløs share their experiences from the moment they submitted their application, through the entire process of being reunited, to their meeting with their biological mother—which was broadcast on national television. Laura describes how she independently made contact with her biological mother via Facebook and subsequently travelled to Colombia to meet her family face-to-face. Ina reveals a different reality: her meeting with her biological mother in Sri Lanka was transformative, but the relationship proved complex and unstable, and they have little to no regular contact today.
As a former PAS coordinator working in international adoption, Ina also shares her professional insights and experience regarding return journeys.
Practical Information
- Target audience: Adopted young people and adults (over 15 years) as well as adoptive parents
- Location: Godsbanen, Karen Wegeners Gade 8, 8000 Aarhus C
- Date and time: Sunday 4 October 2026, 1:00 PM–4:00 PM
- Price: 110 kr. for members of Adoption & Samfund, 175 kr. for non-members (incl. coffee, tea and cake)
- Family membership: 100 kr. per person with family membership
- Registration: First-come-first-served via NemTilmeld by 25 September 2026
- Contact: Jeanette Lyk (tel. 6128 7663) or Rikke Nyborg (tel. 2929 4703)
- Organiser: Adoption & Samfund
