Regarding the child you are currently in reunion with, saying that you wish you could kidnap and never let go, you need to realize this isn't cute, or funny. It's creepy and weird.

I got a reply to my email from the records coordinator at the adoption agency. It costs $150 to obtain non-identifying info on my birth parents. In addition, they can hire a private investigator to search for birth parents for $500. If I want both, the cost would be $600 instead of $650. I'm SERIOUSLY considering paying the $600 for both the non-ID ( Read more... )

Hi everyone. I'm an adoptee in search of my birth family. I was born on April 23, 1969 at Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, FL. I was approximately 2 months premature and my birth weight was 4 lbs. 14 oz. The adoption was handled by The Children's Home, Inc ( Read more... )

I wasn't sure who to ask, so I figured that someone here might know ( Read more... )

Since there's all this pre-election bollocks going on, does anyone here have a clue what any of the parties stances are on the subject of adoption?

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So, I wanted to share this here and see if anyone had any thoughts ( Read more... )

Some months ago (four according to to Y!A), I asked a question over at Y!A: Know of any good UK adoptee forums?

I still haven't found anything fitting the description, so in the few days downtime I've given myself off college, I created:

UK Adoptees
Adopted in the UK
http://ukadoptees.proboards.com/
http://www.ukadoptees.co.uk/
http://www. ( Read more... )

Ok, as promised here is an update....

I found my birthmom this weekend on Facebook. About every 4 or 5 months I do a name search. I have her maiden name from some records I got from the hospital I was born in.  Though on the records there were two names, so I keep searching both in hopes of getting a hit. So last week I entered both names and found ( Read more... )

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There's a new website and listserv for children (teens, probably) and adults who have Romani heritage and were adopted by non-Roma.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KARFIN_Lollipop

(There's a separate group for adoptive parents: Leave a comment

Any adoptees in NYC ( Read more... )