Ofthe1.5millionadoptedchildrenintheUnitedStates,internationaladopteesarethefastestgrowingsegment-andmostadoptedareAsiangirls.Whilemanyoftheirstoriesareheartwarmingandplayintoourself-imageofAmericancompassionandgenerosity,therealitiesaremuchmorecomplex.AccordingtotheJournaloftheAmericanMedicalAssociation,adopteeshavesignificantlymorebehavioralproblemsthannon-adoptedchildren.'Adopted'revealsthegritratherthantheglamoroftrans-racialadoption.First-timedirector,BarbLee,goesdeepintotheintimatelivesoftwowell-meaningfamiliesandshowsusthesubtlechallengestheyface.OnefamilyisjustbeginningtheprocessofadoptingababyfromChinaandisfilledwithhopeandpossibility.Theotherfamily'sadoptedKoreandaughterisnow32yearsold.Promptedbyheradoptivemother'sterminalillness,shetriestocreatethebondtheyneverhad.Theresultsareriveting,unpredictableandtelling.Whilethetwofamiliesareatoppositeendsofthejourney,theirstoriesconvergetoshowusthatlovealoneisn'tenoughtomakeafamilywork.