Kyle Adler, a 36-year-old Chilean American who was taken from his family at nine months old and illegally adopted, embraces his birth mother, Ana Maria Navarrete, after traveling from the U.S. to meet her for the first time, in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. Kyle Adler’s discovery that he was stolen from his Chilean mother as a baby came as a shock, sparking an identity crisis that lasted years and led to a reunion with his biological mother earlier this year. Kyle Adler believes neither of his adoptive parents knew the circumstances surrounding his adoption.
Kyle Adler , a 36-year-old Chilean American who was taken from his family at nine months old and illegally adopted, embraces his birth mother , Ana Maria Navarrete, after traveling from the U.S. to meet her for the first time, in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026.
Kyle Adler, a 36-year-old Chilean American taken from his family at nine months old and illegally adopted, poses for a photo in Miami, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, before heading to the airport to travel to Chile to meet his birth mother. Tyler Graf, Tyler, the founder and CEO of Connecting Roots, and Kyle Adler wait to board a flight to Chile where Adler will meet his birth mother, in Miami, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026.
Kyle Adler, a 36-year-old Chilean American who was taken from his family at nine months old and illegally adopted, takes part in a family brunch alongside his birth mother after traveling from the U.S. to meet her for the first time, in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. Kyle Adler’s discovery that he was stolen from his Chilean mother as a baby came as a shock, sparking an identity crisis that lasted years and led to a reunion with his biological mother earlier this year.
Kyle Adler believes neither of his adoptive parents knew the circumstances surrounding his adoption. Kyle Adler’s biological mother, Ana Maria Navarrete, was a 19-year-old single parent working nights at a fish shop in the seaside city of Coronel. She had named him Marcos Antonio Navarrete. She could only afford a room for herself, so she hired a woman who took Adler into her home as a baby and looked after him.
No one was held accountable for the theft of Kyle Adler. The government estimates more than 20,000 children were stolen from families during the Pinochet regime from 1973 to 1990. Children of the poor and Indigenous populations were targeted. In early 2017, Kyle Adler came across the Nos Buscamos Facebook group while Googling the term ‘Chilean birth mom search’ online
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