7 Sep
2009
3 Ways to Find Birth Parents without Full Adoption Records

Many adopted children decide every day to set out to find birth parents. Unfortunately, a complication for many adopted children is sealed adoption records.

For any number of reasons, a birth parent may choose to have adoption records sealed, thus making it difficult for them to ever be found. However, with easily accessible resources available today, it is easier than every to find birth parents, even without full adoption records.

  1. One way to find birth parents is with a birth date search. If you know the birth date of even one parent, you can combine that with the year and city in which you were adopted to begin to narrow your search.
  2. Secondly, a marriage record search can also be a huge help to find birth parents. A marriage record could reveal location and any name changes that may have occurred.
  3. Divorce records are also publicly available as well. Again, this can help to indicate name changes or possible current addresses as well.

For many adopted children, the mystery of not knowing where they came from is almost unbearable. It is for this reason that many set out to find birth parents, but the fact of the matter is that most fail. Sealed adoption records are simply too discouraging for those who are not aware that there are other options and avenues to follow up on as well.

If you are looking to help someone find birth parents or even find your own birth parents, stop wasting time with adoption records. Run one of the searches above to begin tracking down your birth parents on your own.

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  • Shane Austin Says:
    September 27th, 2009 at 6:26 pm

    I would like to thank the author of this article for sharing so much information about adoptation methods and how birth records can be retrieved online. I am interested in knowing what kind of details can one find out apart from name of parents? What information must be given as search terms for the results to be accurate.

    By the way, on some Google searching, I found out a link that could be useful for the same purpose: birthdetails.com

    And, thanks again for the post!

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