Adopted???

Question

My dad was adopted and i'd like to find out his birth parents. I live in Arkansas. Can someone help me about going about this

Answer 1

You'd first need to know the city, county and state he was adopted in.

You can also contact Pact (an adoption facililtator located in Richmond), Their number:510 243-9460. Anyone there can help you, no matter what state you live in.

There is also NACAC (North American Council on Adoptable Children) at www.nacac.org, they help people locate their birth parents.

You can also:

1) Register with the free International Soundex Reunion Registry (www.isrr.net). It's a non-profit, run by volunteers. I suggest a donation for good karma. I've heard that this is the best registry out there.

2) Read Jean Strauss' Birthright. It has lots of good, practical advice on how to search for and find people.

3) Collect information from his adoptive parents. They might know a lot more than they've said, maybe even a name or a location or hospital.

4) Contact the adoption agency where the adoption took place if you know the name. Everyone is entitled to ''non- identifying'' information. Depending on your luck, you could get a sympathetic social worker who might give a little more information than they are supposed to. Even non-identifying information such as hair & eye color, age, etc, can be very helpful in hooking you up. Best case, you get a name. If the adoption agency seems unresponsive, put your request in writing. People's personal beliefs can really affect how they handle your request.

Keep a notebook with all the information you gather, requests for information, etc. It helps to be organized.

I hope one of these links helps you out. I think your father may have to do some leg work on this one, but with the help of the people mentioned above, it should be fairly easy to find his parents. Good Luck!!!!

Answer 2

Was your dad adopted in Arkansas? If so he can register on the state listing of adoptees looking for parents. Is his adopted parents alive? If so they may have the paper work where he was adopted from and how. When you adopt a child there are copies of papers given to the adopted parents for safe keeping.