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A woman recently went viral for her journey to reconnect with her Latino roots.
According to aDutch reporton adoptions from Colombia: Theft of babies immediately after birth has occurred repeatedly.
Newborn children were taken from the mother in hospital and sold to intermediaries for intercountry adoption.
These cases almost always involved vulnerable women of low socioeconomic status, especially single mothers.
Checketts mother fits this profile.
She believes she was in Colombia for five or six months before being brought back to Idaho.
The role of the Mormon Church in Checketts adoption and life afterward adds another layer of complexity.
Black market adoptions in Colombia were often facilitated by shady lawyers.
She was under the assumption that it would help her keep me somehow.
Now, she has a negative view of the religion.
She asks, Are you still Mormon?
And Im like, No, and she says, Good, theyre crap.
For her part, though, she left the church years ago.
Checketts just wants to help others find peace even if it means being in the religion.
I love and appreciate them both more than words can say, she wrote on herGoFundMe page.
Its like, youre brown.
So Im not white, she said.
She felt like there was a lot of conditional love in her community.
Well be here for you as long as you stay in this box.
But as soon as you step out of this box, we have a problem.
However, when it comes to Latino culture, Checketts feels connected to a home I desire to know.
Since posting her journey on TikTok, shes received a wave of support from other Colombians and Latinos.
All Latin in the club we are fam, said one viewer.
My family always has room for one more at the table, said another.
Thats how this works.
Many simply said, Come home.
To get to experience this thick Latina love that I felt through just a TikTok post, she says.
To get to go to our homeland with our ancestors.
I want to go home.
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