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Children searching for their birth family. it can be a huge shock and everyone involved needs to be sensitive. that can be a silver lining. >> if an adopted parent can really support their child in the search what ends up happening is the child is even closer to them. >> reporter: maura says finding her two brothers is a thrill. one, it helped her resolve a life-long history. >> when i found out im scottish and irish, it explained the blond hair. my brother has blond hair and blewish green eyes ...

>> thank you for having me. thats a great program, keep walking. >> we will throughout the show and thank fitness show rooms for providing the instudio treadmill. >> im liking this. >> and walk for the next two hours. >> i am. >> coming up on the show-- >> i am, thee. >> how can a mom put her newly adopted son on a plane by himself and ship him back to his home country in russia. our panel of adoption experts weigh in, should kids really come with a receipt. >> and do you have a manly mustache l...

But as of 15 minutes ago there was no formal decree that adoptions had stopped. when the u.s. delegation goes to return. there will be talk about guarantees the united states will have to make to russia about children taken into this country. this clearly is causing an international rif. the state department and a lot of adoption agencies are trying to figure out if in fact this kid is legitimately a u.s. citizen or a russian citizen. adoption experts i talked to said once he land on u.s. soil. ...

Situations. >> reporter: back here in tennessee authorities began investigating what many adoption experts say could be a case of child abuse. hansen and her mother have been quoted saying the boy was violent when denied things he wanted like toys, and he attacked an aunt with a statue over a homework dispute and threatened to burn down the house with the family in it. child welfare experts warn families need to think carefully before adopting. >> kids who come from foster care, who come from or...

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