I was adopted when i was young in Brazil and Ilive in canada .. how can i get in contact with my bio parents?

Question

is there a way i can get in contact with them?

When I was born I was put in an orphanage.. and my adopted parents knew about me beofre I was born.. but I wasn't able to leave till I was 3 ...

the thought of trying to find my mom .. in a different part of the world seems sooooooooooo huge

Answer 1

Contact the orphanage or your adoptive parents and see if they have some information on name,age,location, or more.If you can get in touch then no need for step 2 but if you do get a name and age or any other useful info then I can help you.Here is this site which will help:

http://www.adopting.org/adoptions/adopti...

These sites may help you:http://www.associatedcontent.com/article...

http://www.searchforbirthfamily.com/

Good Luck!

Answer 2

contact the orphanage you were in. they may have information about your parents or any other family.  

Answer 3

I'm pretty sure there are plenty of online programs that will help you find your biological parents. Try googling "adopted, want to contact biological parents" or something similar. Good luck!  

Answer 4

First of all, are you sure that finding your bio parents is the best thing to do (to you, to them and to your canadian real parents)? If your parents were aware of you before you was born it seems that your bio mother did not really want you. Other point: in my country the adoption program is not so easy and if you parents had contacted your bio mother before you was born it seems that they had not followed the official way to adopt (although I am not sure), so who knows if you bio mother had received money to favored your parents in the adoption (I have 2 little sons and I would never exchange them for any money in the world). Be sure about what you will start to do.

If you really want to move forward with it, the only thing that I know is that our adoption system are terrible right now so you can imagine some years ago. It will be hard to find it out (even if you lived in Brazil). Good luck!

Answer 5

Please IGNORE all those that say that you shouldn't search - "because your adoptive parents are your 'real' parents".

What a load of garbage.

I'm an adoptee.

I have TWO sets of parents.

They are both very REAL. (no make-believe there!!)

It is up to ME as to how I wish to view either set.

It's up to ME if I want to search.

Shame on those that give you guilt over such things.

No adoptee should EVER be told to feel one way or other about their own reality.

That's up to each individual adoptee.

Please drop by the best adoptee support forum I've found - and ask for search help there - there are many who specialize in searches there.

http://www.adultadoptees.org/forum/index...

The number 1 past-time all over the world is genealogy searches - and making family trees.

Human beings have an innate NEED to know where they came from.

And when you haven't grown up around those that share your biology - your looks - your talents - your traits - your culture - your language - it makes for a messed up time growing up.

I wish you all the best for your search.

Answer 6

This page has lots of information about adoptions in Brazil as well as contact information for many govt officials:

http://travel.state.gov/family/adoption/...

Before you contact anyone though, I hope you'll take a little time to think really hard about why you want to begin this quest.  Giving birth doesn't make you a mother.  Many women are surrogates who carry a baby for someone who isn't physically able to.  The surrogate gave birth, but she was never the mother - she was just an incubator for the real mother's child.  She was giving a precious gift to a mother unable to go through the pregnancy herself.

The woman who gave birth to you was nothing more than that.  The woman who CHOSE to raise you; who loved you; cared for you when you were sick or hurt; cheered at each of your accomplishments; read you stories; sang songs with you; taught you to walk, talk, count, read and tie your shoes, etc. etc. THAT woman is your mother.

Whether you find the person who gave birth to you or not, you will never find anyone who will love you as much as the mother who gave her heart to you and devoted her life to you.  

Please do keep that in mind, and remember how blessed you are to have had such a loving mother.  Too many children will never know such care and adoration as you have had.  

Answer 7

Since your adopted parents knew about you before you were born they should be able to help get information unless they were one of the types that didn't bother. They probably know more than they are letting you believe. Its typical in foreign adoptions.

Send an email on Unicef.org and ask if they can't put you in touch with an NGO in Brazil.  Its such a beautiful country and you should definitely at least visit. Good luck finding your mom.