Adoption Records and Strategies for Finding Birth Family
Q. I am 33-year-old adoptee who has tested their autosomal DNA at 23andme.com, AncestryDNA and Family Tree DNA. AncestryDNA suggests my closest DNA match as “Close Family–First Cousins.” We share 1,622 centimorgans of DNA...
Between 1945 and 1975, official government statistics reveal that almost three million US children were adopted through official adoption agencies. Formal adoptions peaked at 175,000 during that decade (this figure does not capture informal...
(Unsplash) As Jill Ekstrom, both an adoptee and birth mother herself, notes, the search process typically begins by reaching out to the agency where you were adopted for “non-identifying information,” often providing more detail...
Investigating your birth parents requires you to navigate a complex set of laws, records and family stories pertaining to adoption records. Be sure to take these five initial steps when beginning your search process...
Once you discover an adoption, once it becomes evident which family you should continue tracking – biological or adoptive? In her book Unpuzzling Your Past 4th edition published by Betterway Books Emily Anne Croom...
