Adoption Savvy

04/09/2026

We are so excited that the next CUB Retreat and the 50th Anniversary Event will be in SEATTLE this year!!! Please come join us for this momentous occasion!

Join us October 9-10th for our CUB Retreat 2026
in Seattle, Washington!

2026 is CUB's 50th year providing support and community for anyone impacted by adoption. Our planning team is hard at work creating another wonderful annual retreat for our community!

We'll be gathering at a beautiful Pacific Northwest setting right on Lake Washington at The Hyatt Southport Lake Washington next to the 50 acre Coulon Beach Park to enjoy walks along the lake.
We have a terrific mix of educational, advocacy, and support sessions planned, as well as a night of story telling and a night of film in the works!

It’s the people that create the CUB Retreat Experience, where you'll find wisdom, love, guidance, patience, understanding, and friendship. We always have a wonderful mix of new and returning people registering. Many of the new attendees are mothers and fathers in the early stages of becoming aware of how adoption has impacted their lives. Many are adoptees in varying degrees of open and closed adoptions, some are professionals working in the adoption community, but everyone comes to learn and connect. No matter how long into your journey you are, your voice and experience are valuable and important here.

Thank you for being part of our CUB history. We hope to see you in Seattle in October!

Warmly,
CUB Board of Directors
CUB Retreat Team

02/13/2026

"It’s a trap draped in the language of bravery. It is dangerous, expensive propaganda."

11/03/2025

11/03/2025

I’d like to hear how Hoda would respond to his comments!

06/05/2025

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT:

AncestryDNA is having a sale on their DNA kits!

If you have ever been curious about your genetic identity, now is a great time to explore that. Even though this might sound like a sponsored ad for the company, it is more about our work with people impacted by adoption loss and misattributed parentage. Access to accurate genetic heritage directly impacts our identity formation and should be a fundamental right for all human beings. Until we can wholeheartedly agree that secrecy around adoption, relinquishment/termination of parental rights and parentage disclosures is eradicated, we will need to be creative in advocating for access, and this sale removes some barriers (at least cost barriers) for people.

AncestryDNA is the newest DNA test which helps you find genetic relatives and expand your genealogy research. Order your DNA test kit today.

05/02/2024

I am profoundly impacted by being a part of this brilliant production of the premiere of the musical "For the Records" in Denver last weekend and will feel forever knitted together with this outstanding group of terrifically talented and huge-hearted people! Thank you from my depths, Richard Uhrlaub, for not only writing this entire masterpiece (story, script, and music!) with all the candor, humor, and nuance needed to represent our collective stories of the lifelong journey of adoption so remarkably well, but also for taking on the staggering challenge of making it all come to life! It was an exceptional honor!

03/21/2024

I am over the moon to be a part of this musical/theatrical walkthrough at the Untangling Our Roots Summit in Denver on April 25th! What an amazing work you've done, Richard Uhrlaub! Wait until you guys see this show - this is gonna be fun!!

"Incredibly heartfelt musical - solid story - spurred on some really insightful conversations about the show and its themes."  - Rebecca Lowrey, Director, Producer, CEO, MusicalWriters, Inc.   and edit me. It's easy.

03/21/2024

I am not going to miss this! Will you join me in Seattle?

Join us for a discussion of the book Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood

03/21/2024

Excited to see Gretchen this Tuesday in Seattle! This is the book the adoption community has been waiting for!

02/19/2024

Join us in Denver, Colorado April 25-28. Tickets are $319 for the earlybird price which is 75% sold out - this includes meals, entertainment, and speaker sessions. YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS EVENT! Tickets: www.UntanglingOurRoots.Org

Untangling Our Roots is thrilled at the quality of presentations and entertainment this year, which includes prominent experts, advocates, and community and thought leaders in the NPE, Adoption, and Assisted Reproduction communities. We are confident this year’s conference will cultivate the culture of learning, community, and sharing that made our first conference a resounding success. It is shaping up to be a fabulous 3+ days.

We kick off Thursday, April 25 at 4:00 with registration and at 6:00pm with a night of fun featuring the “Misfit Variety Show: Ancestry Dot Comedy’s Community Mic Night” hosted by DCP Lauren LoGiudice with members of our communities performing their thing interspersed between community members open mic acts. Our MC for the conference is adoptee Brian Stanton who made the documentaries and Blank. We will start the Summit Friday morning with an opening discussion about trauma with Alyssa Mancao, LCSW. Saturday features a Plenary Panel with members from the three communities:
· Angela Tucker, an adoptee whose latest book is You Should Grateful;
· Shirley Munoz Newson, who had an NPE, her book is Little Dark One; and
· Jon Baime, a DCP who just released a documentary Filling in The Blanks.

Friday and Saturday are filled with creative workshops, speaker panels, and speaker presentations. Friday night is our “Musical Walk-Through Genetic Identity” with live samples from musicals on topic by Rich Uhrlaub. Saturday night is our movie night. And, we are excited to announce our Sunday Keynote Speaker is Dr. Abby K. Hasberry whose book Adopting Privilege is coming out in late 2024. We will reflect and rejuvenate with our closing ceremony and end at 11:30am on Sunday, April 28th. Check out is at noon.

National Association of Adoptees and Parents
Right to Know
FamilyTreeDNA

DNA Surprises Podcast
RootsTech
Crista Cowan
NPE Stories
NPE Friends Fellowship
The DNA Geek
DNAngels
Ancestry
Concerned United Birthparents
Adoptees Connect, Inc.
Adoptees Looking For Birth Parents
Conversations About Adoption
Donor Conceived Community
U.S. Donor Conceived Council
Alyssa Marie Wellness
Family Secrets Podcast
Severance Magazine
Adoption Network Cleveland: The Ohio Family Connection