How can you find out if you have been adopted?

baby_parentsHow do I know if I am adopted

Many families who embark on the adoption route will happily, when the time comes, share information with their adoptive children and be supportive of their quest to find out who their real parents are. However, in some instances, finding out you are adopted is a lengthy, secretive route, and you may need to rely on adoption services to find out the details of who your real parents are.

What do adoption services offer?

Many after adoption services will be able to help you with ranging information from none to a lot. Searching for your birth parents can be an overwhelming process so it can be nice to have the back up of an agency who know exactly where and how to start looking.

Usually, the company will firstly verify your identity, using a range of techniques from passports to the electoral roll. Establishing the agency that dealt with your adoption is the first step to success, as many of them are obliged to keep records for a number of years. If the agency that dealt with your adoption can be established easily, then the process can be fairly speedy, If this information is not available, then it can take a lot longer to find your birth parents.

After your identity has been established, and the agency have found a little more about you on a personal level such as your story, they will then start searching for the relative, be it maternal, paternal or even a sibling. The agency may need to purchase official government certificates such as birth certificates, to be 100% sure before they contact your relative.

Once this has been done, then the agency you are using can make contact with the birth relative you have been searching for. At this stage, it is worth bearing in mind that this relative may choose not to have any contact with you, so this is something you need to prepare for.

In many cases, getting help to find birth parents or siblings can end in happy reunions, and if you suspect you may be adopted it can solve a lifelong mystery for you.