Am I Adopted?

These days, birth mothers are able to choose to have an open or semi-open adoption that allows them to maintain as much or as little contact as they feel comfortable sharing with the adoptive family. This gives women the option to keep in touch with the children they place for adoption, if they for many years, adoptions were primarily closed and contact between birth mothers and the adoptive family was severed. The more time passed since the adoption, the more likely the loss of information and adoption records became, which has made it difficult for many birth mothers to find adopted children years after the adoption. Fortunately, the process of birth parents searching for adoptees is typically easier than the process of an adoptee searching for birth family, simply because you usually have more information to start your search with. For example, if you’re a birth mother searching for daughter and you remember (or have records of) the adopted child’s date of birth, the hospital and county of birth, the name of the child as listed on the original birth certificate, or the name of the adoptive parents, there’s a good chance that you’ll be able to locate an adopted child with relative ease. Here are the five steps of how to find a child that was adopted: 1. Talk to the people who helped to facilitate your adoption. This would likely be your lawyer, social worker, or adoption agency that worked with you to place your child for adoption. If you placed your child for adoption through a friend or family member, you should start with the person you spoke with throughout the original adoption process. These people will often have some adoption records that can include the adoptive family’s last name, an old address for the family, etc. They may even still be in direct contact with members of the adoptive family and may be able to reach out to the adoptive family for you to ask if they’re interested in having contact. 2. Research your state’s regulations about adoption records. Some states will be able to provide copies of adoption documents such as the consent forms, the original birth certificate, or some identifying information for the adoptive family at your request. Other states have sealed this information to protect the privacy of those involved in the adoption. You may be able to petition the court to have some information released to you, but you’ll need to contact the County Court Clerk to learn more about their individual procedure. 3. Contact the County Court Clerk where you completed your adoption. This is who you’d contact to obtain the adoption records outside of the agency you worked through. At the very least, they’ll likely be able to find the name of the judge and/or adoption caseworker that finalized the adoption proceedings, and they may have information on the adoptive family. 4. Register with the online adoption reunion registry. Your state may have an online adoption reunion registry that you can sign up on. The registry will notify you if your adopted child also registers to find you. They may already be registered if they’re also searching for you. To successfully find your adopted child through the reunion registry, you’d both have to register, but it’s a good idea to cast as wide a net as possible in your search for your adopted child, starting with the registry — just in case. #adoption #domesticAdoption #internationalAdoption #adoptionStory #adoptionJourney #chinaAdoption #infantAdoption #thisGatheredNest #NikolaysGeneticsLessons #amIAdopted #ABOBloodGroups #ABOBloodGroupSystem #ABOBloodTypes #bloodTypes #BloodTypeA #bloodTypeB #bloodTypeAB #bloodTypeO #bloodTransfusion #BloodType #chromosome9 #ABOBloodGroupLocus #alleleForBloodType #bloodTypeAllele #universalDonar #bloodRecipient #bloodDonor