Tracing siblings who were put up for adoption at birth?

Question

Hey, my sister was put up for adoption at birth and she would be 17 now, 18 in October is there any way of locating her?

Answer 1

I found my birth family at age 35. "what a suprise they never lived more than 90 miles away. I went thru an agency A.S.K. Adoptees Search for Knowledge. A small search company here in Michigan. I spent approx $ 350.00 and waited about two months. I wish you the best, but REMEMBER ONE THING.

When you open this can of worms...you cannot close it.

YOU MUST live with the results.....if you have reservations....don't do it.

Otherwise......."git-r-done".....it may be a great decision.

ES  :-)

Answer 2

Shout at your parents until they tell you!!!

Answer 3

1. Register with ISRR - very important. This should be the first step you make:

http://www.isrr.net/

2. What state did the adoption take place in? You can check the laws for various states here:

http://adopteerights.net/nulliusfilius/?...

Do you have any information on her at all, other than the month/year she was born? Was it a private adoption, or through an agency? If you give us a little more info we can probably give you further help

Answer 4

My step dad found my brother who had been put up for adoption through the internet...If you know who adopted her you can do a search for them.

Answer 5

It may be too difficult to do this - but speak to your parents if you can - they may be able to tell you who the adoption agency was.

My answers are based on UK laws (from what I know of them).  As a sibling, you have a right to search so the authorities might be able to tell you some information.  Contact the local social services and ask them for advice.  For counselling, support and advice, you can also check out the Post Adoption Centre in London.  If it only happened 18 years ago, your parents might have been given details of what her 'new' name would be, or details of the adoptive family.  

When you get the name, or an idea of where she went to - check out local papers for 18th birthday announcements etc. - bit of a long shot, but you never know!!  Things like Facebook will be a good avenue - almost guaranteed she'll have an account there.  Also check out electoral registers (although lots of people now don't go on the full list, but just the edited list which you can't search).  She is unlikely to have her own address so checking BT records etc. won't help.

But you might just find that the adoption agency will forward a letter from you on to her.  They won't be allowed to give you any contact details as they can now only act as an intermediary.  Also remember she may not have been told that she was adopted.

Good luck anyway.

Answer 6

Go back to the social worker who dealt with your family at that time or if they no longer work there, someone else in the department.  They may be able to write to the adoptive parents to ask if contact can be made.  As she is only 17 they would not contact her directly in case her adoptive parents haven't told her.