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PREFACE:

In order for me to understand and be able to explain the structure of a KSS file folder and three of KSS’ major numbering systems (certainly more numbering systems exist than we currently understand), it has taken me over 8 years of time, multiple trips to Korea and to KSS to fight for information, thousands of dollars, tens of thousands of hours of blood, sweat, and tears, and the life-changing discovery in KSS' file room in 2019 of evidence that I once had a twin sister who likely died before she could be adopted in the mid 1970s.

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Please note that the pages below ONLY apply to KSS (Korea Social Service) Adoptees. KSS ONLY adopted to the US, Netherlands, Denmark, and Switzerland between 1964-2012 between a specific list of Partner Western Adoption Agencies.

If you were NOT adopted through KSS, then the pages below will NOT apply to you.

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Decoding the KSS Adoption File: A Deep Dive into Its Structure and Three Core KSS Numbering Systems Using the ACQUIRE / COOK / DELIVER Analogy.

Illustrated Sequence of KSS’ Known Numbering Systems.

KSS Numbering Systems.

KSS K-Numbers.

My 2019 email correspondence with KSS sheds light on KSS’ Numbering Systems.