Search and Reunion

[Alex]

This is a discussion about and for those wishing to search for birth parents or children placed for adoption.

[Norma Kay Appel]

I had a baby boy in February of 1972 and I do not want to disrupt his life but if he is interested in finding me, I want him to have access to my information. How do I go about doing that? My concern with contacting him is that I wouldn't want to interfere in his life if he is happy and/or doesn't even know about me. I have two other children though who know about him and would be ecstatic to meet him and I have prayed all along that someday he will come looking for me. I was barely 19 when I had him and my Mother had died when I was 17 and my Father married someone who was not supportive so I basically felt that my only choice was to allow my baby to have two set of parents who would be able to provide for him since I had no support-system. Any comments or suggestions?

You can email me at [e-mail].

Thanks and God Bless.

[Nancy Barton]

Dear Norma Kay,

I work at the National Adoption Center and have some possibilities of ways of searching and reuniting with your biological son.

The International Soundex Reunion Registry is open to all adopted adults over 18 years of age, all birth parents, and all adoptive parents of adopted children under 18 years of age. The website:
www.isrr.net and their phone number is 888-886-4777. IF both parties are signed up, they will match the information and each party know.

On the Child Welfare Information Gateway, www.childwelfare.gov (800-394-3366) you will find information about registries by state (this would be in the state of his birth) and that might be a good place for you to inquire.

There are other search and reunion sites which do charge a fee. We have neither information on their success rates nor their integrity, but you may wish to explore them as potential ways to find your biological son.

www.birthquest.org
www.seeklost.com
www.familyreunion.com
www.omnitrace.com
www.birthparentfinder.com


Much luck to you!

Nancy Barton

[Keely]

My name is Keely and I am in college researching Adoption for my cultural anthropology class and I really would love some first hand accounts of people who have gone through this. I want to know what each person goes through on both sides, the child and the adult.

If you are interested please email me at [e-mail]
Please write me!!
Thanks,
Keely