My first realisation that I had a price tag on my back was in 1991 when I said my goodbyes to a (false) biological mother and extended...

I had an interesting interview last Friday for the upcoming Dutch book 'Children of their time' in which 17 Indonesian adoptees are being...

Tell me, what makes you Indonesian, Dutch or any other national? Most people look at my face and consider me almost immediately...

Dear Mom, A few years have passed since my search with BBC Indonesia. For a short while, everyone seemed to know our story. However, I am...

The Hague, June 2020 Dear Mom, When I close my eyes, I remember... I remember you taking care of me with great warmth. I remember the...

My identity crisis started in high school but hit me like a bulldozer during my university years. My brain started getting foggy. I was...

Last year when I published my story on Twitter I received leads which had taken me several months to investigate. It was a difficult...

For years it was chaos in my head, one which I was desperately trying to control. I failed miserably and the result was the birth of a...

From an early stage in life, I learned to adapt myself to my surroundings. This showed for the first time when I was taken by a woman for...