Literary Review of book "Bill the Greek" authored by Bill Kanellis Review written by Eleni Sakellis, published in The National Herald on March 16, 2019 The advent of online publishing has made it very easy for just about anyone to share a life story almost as soon as the last period dots the end of the first draft.  In the past, publishing was such a complicated and daunting process, it discouraged most people from even attempting to publish their memoirs. More and more people can now record what they went through in life against the backdrop of the massive historical events of the past century, for example, for their families, friends, and future generations to read and cherish and hopefully to learn from the mistakes of the past.  Bill the Greek by Bill Kanellis tells a harrowing true story of one boy’s experience in Greece during World War II, its aftermath, and the drawn-out process that brought him to the United States as an orphan adopted by a Greek...

ADOPTED WOMAN FINDS HER GREEK FAMILY by TNH Staff Published in The National Herald, January 5, 2019 ------------------------------ I am excited that  The National Herald  has given Hellenic Genealogy Geek the right to reprint articles that may be of interest to our group.  ------------------------------ NINE MILE FALLS, WA – Though Karen Williams knew she was adopted, arriving in the United States with her new family when she was 13 months, she did not know that her biological family in Greece had been searching for her for years, KXLY.com reported.  The Nine Mile Falls resident told KXLY, “I was born in Katerini, Greece and then taken to Athens, and then to San Diego,” adding that she “had no idea,” her family was searching for her and “it’s thrilling to know that they have actually thought about me all these years, I had no idea.”  The family reconnected just two days before Christmas, KXLY reported, noting Williams’ respon...

THE CHILDREN OF ADOPTION IN THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE ARE LOOKING FOR THEIR ROOTS Interview by Justin Frangoulis-Argyris, Journalist and Writer, with Gonda Van Steen.  Published in the Greek Huffington Post on October 3, 2018. English translation ----- A whole generation of children born in Greece in the 50s, 60s and 70s abandoned on steps of homes, nurseries and orphanages, children given to American and European families for adoption, replacing the social welfare of post-war Greece, today seeks to find its roots . Dr. Gonda Van Steen , Professor of Hellenic Studies at Florida University, has explored this research by trying to find the case files but also to find a methodological correlation of the Cold War era with the influence of America and Europe on the social fabric of Greece. The massive adoption wave from Greece to America proved to be the most compact example of Greece's dependence on the United States. Adopted Greek children retain the experiences ...

BLACK-MARKET BABIES SEARCH GREEK RECORDS FOR BIRTHRIGHT By Nikos Konstandaras, Associated Press Published 1 September 1996 in the Houston Chronicle ATHENS, Greece - Forty-one years ago a frightened Greek child of 5, stolen from her mother, landed in America to begin a new life. Raised in an orphanage and by foster parents and told her mother had died in childbirth, young Amalia Balch and dozens of other children that October were herded aboard an airplane in Greece. When the plane landed in New York City, adults streamed on board to claim the children they knew only by photographs, the kids they had adopted by proxy. ""I remember being very sick, and a plane full of children . . . and being very scared," she said. Today, at age 45, Amalia Balch still doesn't know if she was a black-market baby, if her adoptive parents paid money for her. She hasn't pressed the point, but she suspects they did. Over the past 10 years and five trips to the coun...

GREEK BORN REUNITED ADOPTEES Facebook Group:  Greek Born Reunited Adoptees Description:  None ----- Comments:  This group has 52 members (as of the date of this posting).  Doesn't seem to have recent activity, however, I requested membership and received a response within a few minutes.  

Facebook Group:  Greek Adoptees in Search of Their Birth Family Description: Greek adoptees who were born 1950-1985 in Greece and adopted in USA. ----- Comments: As of the date of this posting there are only 12 members in this group. It is a closed group and you must become a member to view postings by other members.

GREEK BORN ADOPTEES Facebook Group:  Greek Born Adoptees Description: We would Like anyone Who was adopted or Born In Greece then Came to Australia,Or Any Overseas Country to please contact Our Advocate for Australia Theodora Sullivan.She will be The New Advocate For Greek Born Adoptees From Greece here In AUSTRALIA We have Mothers searching for there children after news of Blackmarket doctors being caught in Athens For Illegal Adoption 3 years ago.They were selling and stealing new Born Infants and Selling them to Adoptive Parents and claiming them as there own. Please spread the word. The Doctors later would Announce the baby Dead Just after Birth. The mothers Never recieved Death certificates. ... Mothers are finding out all over Greece there children did not die and are now in Search for there children. We have Siblings looking for one Another. We Have Admins that can talk too you and also get your details. Thankyou.