Alexei was born in Eastern Ukraine to then moving with his biological family to Velikiye Luki, Pskov, Russia.

He was adopted into a New Zealand family at the age of eight. At an early age he was diagnosed with a rare heart condition, Eisenmenger Syndrome. He shares with me his journey, his outlook on life and the connections he has found overseas with his birth family.

This is his story.

Recast from our I'm Adopted - Talk, Live Stream. This week Alex Gilbert, Alex Kuch, Daria Rottenberk, Christopher Breedlove and Janna Lamb revisited their High School Years, what was different in High School as an adoptee, what emotions you might have been going through and with yourself, connecting with your own identity. If you have a question to ask for our next live stream, visit imadopted.org/talk.

In this podcast episode, we bring to you the cast from our live Facebook video stream. This week we talk about viewing adoption as young adults with Adoptees Alex Gilbert, Daria Rottenberk, Alex Kuch, Janna Lamb, Chris Breedlove and Katie Zucker.  Connecting with more of you around the world, wherever we are. You can watch the video version of this over at Facebook.com/imadoptedOrg

In this podcast episode, we bring to you the cast from our live Facebook video stream. Thank you Russian-American Adoptee Daria, Romanian-New Zealand Adoptee Alex K and Russian-NZ Adoptee Janna for joining us . Connecting with more of you around the world, wherever we are. You can watch the video version of this over at Facebook.com/imadoptedOrg

In this podcast episode, we bring to you the cast from our live Facebook video stream. This week on the I'm Adopted - Talk live cast we talk with Alex Kuch, Katie Zucker, Kristine Freark and Robert Clifford to talk about those burning questions for adoptees. Connecting with more of you around the world, wherever we are. You can watch the video version of this over at Facebook.com/imadoptedOrg

In this Episode of I'm Adopted, Adoptee Alex Kuch is hosting and he talks about the relationships between adoptive siblings.

Welcome to our first Podcast of I'm Adopted for 2020. In this episode, Russian - New Zealand Adoptee Alex Gilbert talks about the current relationship with his birth family in Russia after being in contact for 7 years.

This is our final episode of I'm Adopted for the 2019 season. We will be right back with our new season in the New Year! Thank you so much!

In this Episode of I'm Adopted, Romanian Adoptee Alex Kuch is still hosting with us and this week he shares with us his views on the global state of International Adoptions.