adoption search
Finding biological family
An adoption search is the process of seeking information about biological family members separated by adoption.
Adoptees may search for birth parents; birth parents may search for children they placed.
These searches involve accessing sealed records, using DNA testing services, or working with registries and intermediaries.
She began her adoption search after her adoptive parents died.
- birthmotherWoman who gave birth
- birth parentsGenetic mother and father
- reunionGathering after separation
- recordsStored data or albums
- biologicalRelating to living organisms
ancestry · DNA · DNA match · genetic testing · registry · sealed · identity · finding · birthfather · genealogy · family tree · roots · connection · original · certificate · tracing · locate · heritage
adoption searchrelinquishment
Formal giving up
closed adoption · sealed records · surrender · abandonment · rehoming
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