Russian Roots Organization

(Association Racines Russes)

Who We Are

Russian Roots is a French non-profit organization (association) founded in October 2022. It connects people adopted in Russia or in the former Soviet Union territories with their homeland, and particularly by way of the search for biological family.

Finding Your Biological Family

They’re Talking About Us

“I welcome your initiative to create the organization.”

To succeed in life, it is essential never to forget where you come from and who helped you to grow by giving heart and soul. From their childhood, adoptees belong to two cultures. It is an extraordinary wealth that must be preserved.

Alexander Orlov
Ambassador of Russia to France (2008-2017)

Racines Russes, Russian Roots, Русские Корни, Raíces Rusas, Radici Russe

Racines Russes, Russian Roots, Русские Корни, Raíces Rusas, Radici Russe

Russian Roots has been officially recognized as an association for adoptees by the Mission for International Adoption (MAI) since May 2023 (France Diplomacy).


Russian Roots‘ main activity, which is searching for birth families, is featured in the French web magazine The Bear Magazine (L’Ours Magazine).

Racines Russes, Russian Roots, Русские Корни, Raíces Rusas, Radici Russe

Our Projects

  • Assistance in locating adoptees’ biological families, fostering their identity formation and personality development
  • Support for adoptees experiencing challenges due to their particular story
  • Advice and information for adoptive families about the post-adoptive life of their children
  • Creation of discussion circles on different topics related to the themes of adoption and assistance to orphanages
  • Organization of events and meetings between adoptees living all around the world
  • Partnership building with other organizations having similar projects
  • Setting up cultural and linguistic exchanges with children from orphanages
  • Promotion of Anglo-Saxon and foreign cultures in orphanages
  • Training workshops in orphanages
  • Material assistance to children from orphanages

Our Achievements

Activities in orphanages


Financial contribution for orphanages


Adoptees meetups


Collaboration with other organizations