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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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Family Danny & Sara Tauro
Child Brynn Tauro
Birthdate Jan 31st 2001
Date of adoption July 2001
Age at adoption 7 months
Province Thai Nguyen
Adoption agency Access Adoptions in Canada and IMH in VN
Special comments Brynn's photo is in the FCV Photo Gallery

Family Andy & Tina Taylor
Child Andrea
Birthdate 6/22/99
Age at adoption 2 years old
Date of adoption 6/11/01
Adoption agency We did not use an agency - this was an independent adoption.
Province Nha Trang/Khanh Hoa
Special comments Our daughter was 2 weeks old when we began trying to adopt her from a "closed" Province. I can't even express how I feel looking at her in our home after being "in labor" for 2 years. I am in awe of our great God who got her here. My father, a missionary to Vietnam, found her, and continues his work assisting poor families and children in Vietnam. Please see his website at: www.loveofvietnamexpressed.org. I'd love to hear from other families in Eastern North Carolina.

Family James & Amy Thomas
Child Matthew The Nguyen Thomas & Nathan Thoi Nguyen Thomas
Birthdate February 6, 1992 & October 26, 1993
Age at adoption 5 & 4
Date of adoption December 1, 1997
Adoption agency MAPS
Province Hoi An, Quang Nam
Special comments We are willing to share our experiences with other families who are interested in adopting from Vietnam. If you're interested in adopting (or have adopted) a sibling group or an "older" child from Vietnam, drop us a note. We are especially interested in contacting families who have adopted children that lived in the Hoi An orphanage between April and Nov of 1997. Your child might be a friend of our boys. Our home is in Bloomington, Indiana. Matthew & Nathan are in the photo gallery.

Family Mark & Rebecca Thomas
Child Huu Colton Thomas
Birthdate  
Age at adoption  
Date of adoption April 2, 1996
Adoption agency World Child
Province Quang Ngai Province
Special comments Rebecca produces a newsletter for World Child called Viet Views for those who are interested in adopting from Vietnam, or have already done so, through World Child.

Family Jeff & Nancy Thompson
Child Jack Bachdan Thompson
Birthdate January 25, 1996
Age at adoption 18 months
Date of adoption July 10, 1997
Adoption agency Holt International
Province Tu Liem Orphanage, Hanoi
Special comments Jack has older siblings: Patrick, 19 and Casey, 10. We had an amazing time in Vietnam!

Family Robert & Veronica Thompson
Child Olivia Ngoc Nga Thompson
Birthdate 12/28/99
Age at adoption 11 months
Date of adoption 11/22/2000
Currently living in Dong Nai
Adoption agency IAAP
Special comments This is our first child and her web site is http://ovr.dns2go.com

Family Eleanor and Bruce Thompson
Child Robert Huy Thompson
Birthdate 4/5/99
Age at adoption 71/2 months
Date of adoption G&R 11/24/99
Adoption agency The Gladney Center
Province Red Cross Baby Home, Can Tho
Special comments We live in Houston, Texas. We'd love to hear from other Texans and others using Gladney. Robert 's pictures are in the FCV Photo Gallery.

Family Carol & Tom Thurber
Child Abigail Suong Thurber and Allison Lieu Thurber
Birthdate August 20, 1999
Age at adoption 11 months
Date of adoption Brought home to Manhattan on August 1, 2000.
Adoption agency Gladney International out of Ft. Worth Texas
Province Can Tho
Special comments Allison and Abigail's photos are in the FCV Photo Gallery.

Family Lisa Tomlinson &Bill Christeson
Child Haley Anh
Birthdate 1-1-00
Age at adoption 8 months
Date of adoption 9-13-00
Adoption agency Holt International
Province Hanoi
Special comments See Haley's photos in the FCV Photo Gallery.

Family Karen & Lam Tran
Child Nicholas Alexander Tran
Birthdate 2-16-99
Age at adoption 9 months
Date of adoption 11-28-99
Adoption agency Catholic Charities, Baltimore, MD
Province Can Tho
Special comments Nicholas is in the FCV Photo Gallery. We had a wonderful experience in Vietnam.

Family Steve Trauman & Marjorie Polk
Child Ethan
Birthdate April 15, 1998
Age at Adoption 8 months
Date of Adoption December 1998
Adoption agency MAPS
Province DaNang
Special comments This is our first child together and more than likely our only. I look forward to hearing from anyone waiting or anyone who has been to Danang and can tell me about their experiences.

Family Robert & Meredith Travers
Child Michael Paul Hoa Travers
Birthdate Sept. 24, 1998 in Nam Dinh Province
Age at adoption 5 months
Date of adoption March 1, 1999
Adoption agency IAAP
Province Nam Dinh
Special comments We had a wonderful trip to bring home our delightful little boy! Michael was truly loved by the people of the Nam Dinh Social Care Center; he has the sweetest disposition and is ahead of schedule developmentally. We welcome any inquiries about our adoption research, the process, our trip and/or being adoptive parents of a Vietnamese American child. Michael's picture (at 6 months) is in the FCV Photo Gallery.

Family John & Jeannie Trueax
Child Thomas Ross Trueax
Birthdate February 16, 1996
Age at adoption 10 months
Date of adoption December 30, 1996
Adoption agency Hope's Promise
Province Tuy Hoa, Phu Yen Province
Special comments Tommy joined Jack (9) and Shelby (6), both biological children. We were very impressed with the cleanliness and the staff at the orphanage in Tuy Hoa.

Family Kyle Turner
Child Emma Noel Williams Turner
Birthdate Nov 8, 2000
Date of adoption July 16, 2001
Age at adoption 8 Months
Province Tam Binh, HCMC, VN
Adoption agency Adoption Center of Washington DC
Hope to travel Traveling July 14 to bring her home to Alexandria, VA
Special comments Emma is in the FCV Photo Gallery. We experienced a two-trip process. Emma arrived home July 21, 2001 and is adjusting well to her new home. Linda, Cathy, and staff at ACW, along with the Grace of God were instrumental in bring about this miraculous incredible event. Please contact me if you have questions about our process.

Family Margie & Lyle Turner
Child Rosalie Grace Thien Turner and Jonathan David Luong Turner
Birthdate 10-01
Date of adoption 1-02.
Age at adoption 3 month old
Province Phu Tho
Adoption agency EAC
Special comments Rosalie and Jonathan are in the FCV Photo Gallery.

Family Daniel Tyszler and Kari Lunder
Child Arava Lee Huong Tyszler
Birthdate August 15,1995
Age at adoption 2 months
Date of adoption October 13,1995 {was even a Friday}
Adoption agency It was a private adoption using a lawyer.
Province Kim Son, Ninh Binh Province
Special comments Adoptions from Vietnam are rare in Israel but hopefully this will change as more people hear about this option. Arava's picture can be seen in the photo gallery.

Family Terri Urban
Child Cecelia Grace Urban
Birthdate
Age at adoption 6 months
Date of adoption 10/2000
Adoption agency Hope's Promise
Province Ho Chi Min City
Special comments We would be interested in answering questions for anyone who would like to contact us. We live in Colorado Springs, Colo.  We have insights into adopting when you already have biokids.

Family Nancy Van Dorp & Dean McCoy
Child Bradi Linh McCoy
Birthdate April 5, 2000
Age at adoption 5 months
Date of adoption September 1, 2000
Adoption agency Access Adoptions (Canada)
Province Kien Giang
Special comments

Family Virginia Van Vynckt & Marv Weinstein
Child Daniel Vu Weinstein
Birthdate February 4, 1993
Age at adoption 4 ½ years
Date of adoption July 17, 1997
Adoption agency Adoption Alliance (IMH)
Province Thanh Hoa
Special comments Daniel is in the photo gallery. We also have a daughter, Lian, nearly 6, who was adopted in 1992 from Guangdong province, China.

Family David Virgil & Dorothy Cumby
Child Liam Minh Cumby Virgil
Birthdate December 27, 1998
Date of adoption 5/25/99
Age at adoption almost 5 months
Province Kien Giang
Adoption agency Spence-Chapin/IMH
Special comments We live in the New York City area.

Family Vicki and Fred Wade
Child Jonathan Wade
Birthdate 7-13-98
Age at adoption 1 year
Date of adoption 7-21-99
Adoption agency IAAP
Province Tay Ninh Orphanage, Tay Ninh, Vietnam
Special comments

Family Wagner
Child Jillian Mai
Birthdate 7/31/00
Age at adoption 3 months
Date of adoption 11/00
Adoption agency Gladney Center
Province
Special comments Jillian is a joy, and the last 10 months have exceeded any expectations that we had.

Family Rebecca Wain and Scott Nye
Child EJ, Lillyanne Elizabeth, and Charles Scott (Chas)
Birthdate EJ was born on January 7, 1997 and Lillyanne was born on January 27, 2001 and Chas was born 12-03-05
Age at adoption EJ was 4 when we adopted him and Lillyanne was seven months.
Date of adoption Lillyanne's adoption occurred on August 2001 and EJ was adopted on August 2001 and Chas was adopted October 2006
Adoption agency Tedi Bear Adoption for EJ Asian Children Services for Chas
Province Vinh Phuc, Tay Ninh, and Bac Ninh
Special comments Chas, EJ and Lillyanne are in the FCV Photo Gallery. Our son had a floating eye and that has now been corrected and our daughter has bilateral cleft lip and palate.

Family Susan Waldman
Child Lilian Lee Ha Waldman
Birthdate April 25, 1998
Age at adoption 2 1/2 months
Date of adoption July 15, 1998
Adoption agency Adoptions Together
Province Ha Tay Province (near Hanoi)
Special comments

Family Elisabeth & Johnny Wallin
Child Linnéa
Birthdate 20 February 1999
Age at adoption 9 months
Date of adoption 25 November 1999
Province Phu Yen
Adoption agency AdoptionsCentrum
Special comments We live in Stockholm, the capitol of Sweden.

Family Miles & Barbara Walsh
Child Katherine Shea Walsh
Birthdate 7/31/00
Date of Adoption April 16, 2001
Age at Adoption 9 months
Province Hoi An, Quang Nam Province
Adoption agency European Adoption Consultants (EAC)
Special comments Katherine's picture is in the FCV Photo Gallery. Her brother Sean was adopted from Taiwan.

Family Kim & Dan Ward
Child Zachary Daniel Chien Ward
Birthdate October 24, 1996
Age at adoption 6 months
Date of adoption March 6, 1997
Adoption agency World Child
Province Phu Yen Province
Special comments We also have two daughters--Sarah and Hannah. Zachary has an entry in the photo gallery! Kim is currently president of the FCV chapter in Chicago. Please contact her if you live in the Chicago area. The Ward's packing list is available here.

Family Marc & Pat Waring
Child Grace Elizabeth Trinh Waring
Birthdate January 7, 1997
Age at adoption 11 months
Date of adoption December 1, 1997
Adoption Agency IAAP
Province Dalat, Lam Dong Province
Special comments Grace is our only child and we could not be happier! She is so perfect we could not have asked for anything better. Adoption has been a positive life changing experience for us. Once things calm down we will probably adopt again. Grace is in the photo gallery.

Family John & Amy Warth
Child Luke Andrew and Elisabeth Grace
Birthdate 5-12-01 (twins)
Age at adoption 3 1/2 months
Date of adoption August 24, 2001
Adoption agency European Adoption Consultants (EAC)
Province Red Cross Orphanage, Danang
Special comments You can see Luke & Libby in the FCV Photo Gallery. Luke & Libby are fraternal twins. They are the joy of our lives and worth every minute of the heartbreaking wait. Please feel free to ask us about our agency, adoption or Danang. You can see more pictures of Luke and Libby on our family webpage: www.babiesonline.com/babies/v/vietnamangels

Family Wendy Warwick
Child Catherine Suzanna Nguyen-Warwick
Birthdate 28 Feb 2001
Adoption date July 2, 2001
Age at adoption 4 months
Currently living in Tay Ninh
Adoption agency Access Adoption Services
Special comments Catherine's photo is in the FCV Photo Gallery.

Family Suzanne Watzman
Child Tamaryn Cybelle Watzman
Birthdate January 31, 2001
Age at adoption 19 months
Date of adoption August 22, 2002
Adoption agency ADOPPT, Inc.
Province CauGiay/TuLiem orphanage in Hanoi
Special comments

Family Margaret Weeks
Child Kiley My Ngoc Weeks
Birthdate 9/11/99
Age at adoption 2 and a half months
Date of adoption 12/2/99
Adoption agency Children's Home Society of Minnesota
Province Children's Centre, Ham Tan, Binh Thuan Province
Special comments I am a single mother who did research on adoption and Vietnam for several years before my adoption.  I had an extraordinary trip and time in Vietnam.  I was extremely impressed with the
orphanage and the adoption agency, I don't think they could have done a better job!

Family Paul West & Karen Biddulph
Child Eric Xuan Duong Biddulph-West and Kai Thanh Dat Biddulph-West
Birthdate March 22, 1998 and January 29, 2007
Age at Adoption 4 months and 5 months
Date of Adoption July 16, 1998 and June 25, 2007
Adoption agency American Adoption Agency and Faith International
Province Ho Chi Minh City (Tam Binh --Mam Non 2) and Nam Dinh
Special comments Eric and Kai are in the photo gallery! We live in Westchester County, NY. We are happy to dialogue with other families who have adopted or want information on adoption. The boys are healthy and joyful.

Family Rob and Shelly Weston
Child Khoa Daniel
Age at Adoption 3 years
Date of Adoption 2006
Adoption agency Dillon International
Province Vinh Long
Special comments We ve been blessed beyond words!!!!!

Family Mercia Weyand
Child Natalie Thuy Vi Weyand
Birthdate March 14, 2002
Date of adoption August 2002
Age at adoption 5 months
Province Da Nang
Adoption agency European Adoption Consultants
Special comments Natalie's photo is in the FCV Photo Gallery.

Family Jeff White
Child Emily MaeLan White
Birthdate October 9, 1999
Currently living in Bac Guang
Adoption agency
Special comments Emily's picture is in the FCV Photo Gallery.

Family Keith and Julie Williams
Child Riley May Williams & Dylan Le Williams
Birthdate 12/27/98 & 8/8/98
Age at adoption 4 months & 2 months
Date of adoption 2/1/99 & 6/12/01
Adoption agency Orphans Overseas
Province Nam Dinh & Soc Trang
Special comments

Family Clyde and Brenda Williams
Child Abigail (Abby) Thu-Hanh Williams
Birthdate June 1, 2002
Age at adoption 4 months
Date of adoption October 9, 2002
Adoption agency Adoppt Inc
Province Phan Rang Vietnam
Special comments Abby is in the FCV Photo Gallery.

Family Brent & Kammi Wilson
Child Aisya Jenae Hue Thi Wilson
Birthdate found abandoned on 12/9/97
Age at Adoption 5 months
Date of Adoption May 14, 1998
Adoption agency PLAN International
Province Thai Nyugen
Special comments Aisya and her family are in the FCV Photo Gallery. We moved to Scappoose, OR a few years ago. Our 2 boys are 18 and 15 and the girls: Aisya is almost 9 adopted from Vietnam as listed, Alexa is 14 (special needs) and was adopted from Korea at 14 months and Kailee is 16 adopted from China in 2000 at age 10.

Family David and Beth Wirka
Child Grace Wirka
Birthdate October 27, 2001
Date of adoption May 15, 2002
Age at adoption 7 months
Province Cau Giay orphanage
Adoption agency Adoption Links Worldwide; IMH
Special comments Grace's photo is in the FCV Photo Gallery. We also have two sons Garrett and Jacob.

Family Steve and Sue Wood
Child Twin boys - John Danh Wood and Tom Danh Wood
Birthdate 1/18/2001
Age at adoption 6 1/2 months
Date of adoption G&R on 8/6/2001
Adoption agency Families Thru Intl Adoption/ IAAP
Province Kien Giang
Special comments John and Tom are in the FCV Photo Gallery. We would be happy to provide any information about the Kien Giang orphanage. Our boys are happy, healthy and doing extremely well!

Family Melissa and Alvin Woodruff
Child Mia Ruth Woodruff
Birthdate 8/27/2004
Age at adoption 2 years old
Date of adoption September 20th 2006
Adoption agency VORF
Province Red Cross Orphanage DaNang Vietnam
Special comments

Family Darren and Sharon Woods
Child Lauren Ashlee Woods
Birthdate December 19, 1999
Age at adoption Almost 5 months
Date of Adoption May 10th, 2000
Currently living in Tu Liem in Hanoi
Adoption agency Worldwide Adoption Services in Spartanburg, SC and IMH in Vietnam
Special comments Lauren has been home since May and is doing wonderfully.  She just turned a year old and is walking and talking and she is the most loving child.  IMH was wonderful to work with in Vietnam and we recommend them highly. Lauren's picture is in the FCV Photo Gallery.

Family John, Tammy, Harrison, and Sydney Wright
Child Sydney Genevieve Hiep Wright
Birthdate 12/20/98
Age at adoption 8 months at adoption
Date of adoption Sept. 1, 1999
Adoption agency IAAP
Province Hoi An Orphanage, Hoi An, Quang Nam
Special comments Sydney's picture is in the FCV Photo Gallery.

Family Laurie and Ivan Wyatt
Child Ivy Amelia Thu Minh Wyatt and Olivia Ann Hai Lap Wyatt
Birthdate 25-January-01 and September 7th, 2002
Age at adoption 6 months and 4 1/2 months
Date of Adoption 23-July-01 and 26-December-02
Province HCMC (Go Vap) and Binh Thuan
Adoption agency Children's Hope Intl and Children's Home Society of Minnesota
Special comments Ivy's and Olivia's photos are in the FCV Photo Gallery. We have a web page with lots of pictures from our most recent trip to Vietnam
in December 2002 at the following link: http://www.angelfire.com/az/luvpuppy/dec02.html

Family Kris and Richard Zielinski
Child Connor Zielinski
Birthdate 12-11-99
Age at adoption 6 months
Date of adoption 5-18-00
Adoption agency EAC
Province Hoi An
Special comments Connor is in the FCV Photo Gallery.

Family Carl & Kerstin Ziesmer
Child Julia Hong-Nhung Ziesmer
Birthdate July 8, 1998
Age at adoption 3 months
Date of adoption October 12, 1998
Adoption agency Project Faith
Province Hanoi
Special comments Julia is in the photo gallery! We live in Phoenix, AZ. This is our first Child. Feel free to e-mail us with any questions.

Family Donna and Jerry Zolkowski
Child Gerard Joseph Nhon Zolkowski
Birthdate 3/9/99
Age at adoption 5 1/2 months
Date of adoption 8/26/99
Adoption agency IAAP.
Province Tay Ninh
Special comments Gerald is in the FCV Photo Gallery. Also our Family website is zolkowski.com

Family Jim & Kristin Zozzaro
Child Jacob Zozzaro
Birthdate 10/10/96
Age at adoption 21 months
Date of adoption 5/4/98
Province Binh Duong Orphanage outside of Ho Chi Minh City.
Adoption agency Holt International
Special comments Our adoption experience was wonderful and we enjoy talking to everyone we meet about it.

Family John & Theresa in Oregon
Child Madelyn
Birthdate February 2, 1997
Age at adoption 10 months
Date of adoption Thanksgiving Day 1997!
Adoption agency PLAN / IMH
Province Phu Tho
Special comments Our daughter is beautiful, healthy, well adjusted and developmentally on track. We feel very very lucky and thank IMH for getting her off to such a good start. We also have a 4-yr old son adopted from Korea who is also all of the above. We are in Southern Oregon and would be interested in contact with anyone who would like information about our experience or who is in our area.

Family Kerri
Child Caleb Alexander Phuc Hong
Birthdate November 23, 1995
Age at Adoption  
Adoption Date  
Adoption agency MAPS
Province  
Special comments We live in Akron, Ohio.

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