Adoption is considered a lifelong process for those involved in it. In this vein, adoptees’ lives seem to be impacted by their origins and every experience that occurred before their adoption. The aim of this study is to explore adult adoptees’ experience with respect to their adoptive condition, communication about origins, and search for their origins. In this study, 11 adult adoptees took part, 10 women and one man aged between 18 and 26 years. Interviews were conducted to examine participants’ experiences, which were subsequently analyzed following interpretative phenomenological analysis. Results showed that most of the participants experience an open communication about origins and adoption with their parents and their environment. However, participants pointed to the existence of some limits in such communication. Participants noted a similar experience with respect to search. Based on the results, future studies should focus on the study of adoption in different stages of adulthood.

收养被认为是参与其中的人的终生过程。在这种情况下，被收养者的生活似乎受到他们的出身和收养前发生的每一次经历的影响。本研究的目的是探讨成年被收养者在收养条件、起源交流和寻找起源方面的经验。在这项研究中，有 11 名成年被收养者参与，其中 10 名女性和一名男性，年龄在 18 至 26 岁之间。进行了访谈以检查参与者的经历，然后在解释性现象学分析之后对其进行分析。结果表明，大多数参与者与父母和环境进行了关于起源和收养的公开交流。然而，与会者指出这种交流存在一些限制。参与者注意到在搜索方面的类似经历。基于这些结果，未来的研究应侧重于成年不同阶段收养的研究。