This page is for KSS (Korea Social Service) Adoptees ONLY.

This page is NOT relevant to Adoptees who were adopted through:

-HOLT
-Eastern Social Welfare Society (ESWS) - formerly Eastern Child Welfare Society (ECWS)
-Social Welfare Society (SWS) / now Korea Welfare Society (KWS)

If you are adopted through any Korean Adoption Agency which is NOT KSS, please see:

Korean Adoptee Starter Guide:
https://www.paperslip.org/korean-adoptee-starter-guide

Join the FREE Ecosystem of Fellow KSS (Korea Social Service) Adoptees.

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UPDATE - June 15th, 2025:

For the most relevant pages related to the future of birth family search AFTER July 19th, 2025, please see the DROPDOWN MENU on Paperslip’s homepage titled:

”AFTER July 19th, 2025, ALL Birth Family Search Requests Must Be Processed Through NCRC/KAS”:

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KSS Adoptees frequently report feeling overwhelmed by adoption information and by the thought of doing birth family search. We are here to help and support you!

Below are services we can offer for FREE:

  • FREE referral of PAID Translation Services:

    • We can connect you to reliable PAID translation services in Korea and other resources. We do NOT take any commission from our referrals. 

    • We also highly recommend using ChatGPT for “recreational” level translation of Korean text.

    • *Please be sure to use a real, live translator for any important translation of information related to birth family search. NEVER purely rely on automatic translators (such as ChatGPT, Google Translate, or Papago) for IMPORTANT information such as birth parent name/s, address/es, etc. Automatic translators can frequently get information WRONG and you want to be sure information is correctly translated before using it for birth family search.

  • Join our PRIVATE Facebook Group:
    KSS Cribmates 
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/1472813756273368

    • This is a PRIVATE forum for KSS Adoptees ONLY. Join over 1,000 other KSS Adoptees who were adopted to the US, Netherlands, Denmark and Switzerland from 1965-2012. Connect with the global KSS Adoptee community for support, advice, and the sharing of helpful information!

      • Please be sure to answer the membership questions when you join! If you do not know the answers, just write “I don’t know” and be sure to reach out to us via email at paperslipadoptee@gmail.com 

      • *Please note that we may have difficulty contacting you to confirm if you are a KSS Adoptee if you do not answer the membership questions or do not contact us via email.

      • We will NOT admit to KSS Cribmates those who:

        • Have empty or completely new Facebook profiles 

        • Do not have any visible photos of themselves on their Facebook profile

        • Are obviously not Korean or part-Korean

        • Please contact us at paperslipadoptee@gmail.com if you are a legitimate KSS Adoptee who wishes to join KSS Cribmates and any of the above apply to you.

  • *KSS Adoptees can email us with any questions, anytime: paperslipadoptee@gmail.com

    • We will respond quickly to your requests!

    • Please note that if you are NOT a KSS Adoptee, we offer PAID Advisory Sessions via Zoom. We apologize but we simply cannot go into your case for free if you are NOT a KSS Adoptee, due to our limited resources and the huge number of Korean Adoptees who all have similar issues and requests. We encourage those who are not KSS Adoptees to explore our site, which has MANY FREE resources for Korean Adoptees in general.

  • If you wish to support the FREE work we do on behalf of KSS Adoptees and of ALL Korean Adoptees, then kindly consider a donation to Paperslip via our GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/empower-korean-adoptees-with-paperslip

    Thank you!