Adopted Person/Adoptee searching for Ethiopian family. Female, birthname Aster Temesgen, was born in 1972 to Demame Boca, and Temesgen Zewga of the Dorze people group. She was adopted from Addis Ababa in 1975 at the age of 3 to Sweden through Adoptionscentrum.
Submitted by Adopted Person/Adoptee
Child’s Information
3 years
Gender of Child female
Additional information about child’s ethnicity Dorze
Year of child’s birth 1972
Ethiopian birth Name of Child Aster Temesgen
Name of child at the time of adoption Aster Margareta Temesgen, Aster Temesgen
Ethiopian family members’ names, if known Demame Boca, Temesgen Zewga
Age when child entered care center or orphanage 0-12 months
Year child entered a care center or orphanage 1972-1973
Age of child at adoption 3
Year child was adopted 1975
Number of siblings/cousins adopted with the child 0
Number of siblings/cousins adopted to other families 0
Additional information about the child from the Dorze tribe adopted in Addis Abeba
Adoption Agency Information
Adoption agency through which the child was processed Adoptionscentrum (Sweden)
Additional adoption agency information Adopted to Uppsala in Sweden
Ethiopian representative of adoption agency Mendaye Dargie, Techa Alemayou
Country to which the child was adopted Sweden
Orphanage/care center #1
Orphanage or care center through which the child was processed UNKNOWN orphanage
Orphanage/care center #2
Orphanage or care center through which the child was processed UNKNOWN orphanage
Information for Relinquished Children
Region where child was relinquished Addis Ababa Region
Zone where child was relinquished Addis Ababa Zone
City/town where child was relinquished Addis Ababa
