How to Find Birth Parents?

@Shar19 (8231)
United States
May 5, 2009 8:45pm CST
I hear of people who were able to find their birth parents if they know their names or something about them. However, what if you don't know anything about your birth parents? Does anyone know if there is a way to find information about ones birth parents if you don't know anything about them?
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@savypat (20216)
• United States
6 May 09
We work in genealogy and now we are using more and more DNA studies to determine who belongs to what family. I don't know if your parents could be found but maybe the family you belong to could. I take it you are female which makes it a little more expensive to use this science. MTDNA is the process used for females. Try the internet and see what is said about this there. Blessings
@Shar19 (8231)
• United States
6 May 09
Thanks. I'll see what I can find on the internet.
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@lilybug (21107)
• United States
6 May 09
Unless someone could tell you what hospital you were born in you really would not have much to go on. If you knew for sure what day you were born on and in what hospital you could probably do some digging and track down some possibles.
@Shar19 (8231)
• United States
6 May 09
Thank you. I think I know the hospital name.
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@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
6 May 09
I think you may be able to go to the hospital of your birthplace and they may be able to look into their records and tell you. You may also be able to ask your adoptive parents if they had to go through the legal system and if they did, they may have record of your birth parents on file before you were adopted.
@Shar19 (8231)
• United States
6 May 09
You may be right. I don't know if the hospital would still have the records since it was so long ago - 38 years.
@marcialoyd (1173)
• United States
6 May 09
You should be able to get the info from the hospital you were born. The adoption agency your family used or something like that. There has to be a record of it somewhere. You should have no problem getting your hands on this information if your adoption was not a closed adoption.
@Shar19 (8231)
• United States
6 May 09
I hope you are right.
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@anniefannie (1737)
• United States
7 May 09
i don't know how you would start looking unless you could go to the court house,or call a lawer.sorry i can't help.
@JLHolley (128)
• Visalia, California
18 Jun 22
the day you turn 18 years old you can contact the child welfare adoption unit near you or even better, the adoption unit where you where initially born. either way, contact them and they will have a disclosure agreement signed by birthparent wich discloses every contact to reach that parent. however, the consent disclosure will only be on file if the birth parent went in person and filled out the form. the birth parent cannot fill that particular form out until the adopted child reaches 18 yrears of age. i have been searching for my dsaughters since the day they turned 18 theyre name have been changed and i have no clue as to the where abouts. on my daughters 18th birthday i went to the adoption agency and asked what they could do for me and they hasd me fill out that contact disclosure form and here i am holding on waiting for the day god willing that day comes
• United States
6 May 09
There is a way depending on the state you were born in. I cannot think of it at the moment but they can allow you thru the freedom of information act to search some of those records.
• United States
6 May 09
I guess you need to know where you were born and go from there.
@rocketsky (1013)
• China
6 May 09
maybe CIA will tell you the best way to do that :) at least we need some sort of clues to start finding ,right?