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Adoption Search and Reunion

Adoptees and their birth parents and relatives who were separated by adoption may decide to search for each other at some point during their lives. If their search is successful, some will pursue meeting their birth relatives. This section is designed to address the concerns of both adoptees who are searching for birth parents or other birth relatives, as well as birth parents (both mothers and fathers) who want to locate a child who was adopted.

• Obtaining birth and/or adoption records
• Searching for birth relatives
• Reuniting with birth relatives
• Late discovery adoptees
• Lifelong impact of adoption
• When your child wants to search for birth relatives

	Adoption General Information Packet 3: Searching for Birth Relatives Child Welfare Information Gateway (2004) Includes factsheets on the search process and the impact of adoption on birth parents and adoptees. (PDF - 364 KB)

Updated on February 24, 2010