Kiwi family’s adoption journey ‘WE’RE SO GRATEFUL FOR OUR BOYS’
While many adoptive parents might fear losing their children when they decide to trace their birth mothers and fathers, it was something Whanga-rei mum Janice Gilbert encouraged both her adopted sons to do, vowing to support Alex and Andrei whatever happened.
And her generosity of heart has meant hundreds of other families have been reunited too, with Alex tracing not only his own birth parents in Russia, but also helping countless other people find theirs in the vast European nation too.
Alex is the host of the new TVNZ 1 series Reunited, which follows six adoptees – including his brother Andrei – searching for their relatives in Russia.
“It’s everybody’s right to
