Female from Mekele, Tigray Region, adopted at age four to the USA through Family Umbrella Association using International Adoption Guides (USA)
Submitted by Adoptive parent searching for child’s Ethiopian family
Child’s Information
Gender of Child female
Ethnicity of Child Tigraway
Year of child’s birth 2005
Ethiopian birth Name of Child Mahader Asefa
Name of child at the time of adoption Mahader Asefa or Asefa Mahader
Ethiopian family members’ first names Mulu w/Michael, Asefa
Age when child entered care center or orphanage 4
Year child entered a care center or orphanage 2009
Age of child at adoption 0-12 months
Year child was adopted 2009
Number of siblings/cousins adopted with the child 6
Number of siblings/cousins adopted to other families 0
Adoption Agency Information
Adoption agency through which the child was processed International Adoption Guides (USA)
Ethiopian representative of adoption agency Haile
Country to which the child was adopted USA
Receiving country representative Jim Harding
Orphanage/care center #1
Orphanage or care center through which the child was processed UNKNOWN
Region of orphanage or care center Tigray Region
Zone of orphanage or care center UNKNOWN
City/Town of orphanage or care center UNKNOWN
Orphanage/care center #2
Orphanage or care center through which the child was processed Family Umbrella Association
Region of orphanage or care center UNKNOWN
Zone of orphanage or care center Mekele – Tigray Region
City/Town of orphanage or care center UNKNOWN
Information for Relinquished Children
Name of person who relinquished child Mulu
Relationship of person who relinquished child mother
Region where child was relinquished Tigray Region
Zone where child was relinquished Mekele – Tigray Region
City/town where child was relinquished UNKNOWN
