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The following teaser is from an article dealing adoption reunion issues, found at the wcsh6.com website. Not only is the article interesting, but the comments also add a lot of insight into what adoptees go through in attempting to locate Continue reading Adoptee – Birth Parent Reunions: Some Good, Some Not-So-Good
Adoptees in South Dakota are once again pushing to get a bill passed allowing them access to their birth records. They almost accomplished it in 2009, but fell short. Following is an excerpt for a lengthy and interesting AP article Continue reading Adoptees Again Push For Rights in South Dakota
Diana Lynn Tibert wrote a very interesting and informative column for the October 3, 2009 Times & Transcript in which she gives information on doing adoption research in Canada. She includes some online links that will be helpful to anyone Continue reading Adoption Record Accessibility Varies Across Canada, as in the U.S.A.
Like many children, Arnold Nikolaisen was not happy to learn he wasn’t going to remain an only child. However, the shock for him was worse than most — he found out at 75. Nikolaisen was raised as an only child, Continue reading Man Finds He Has a Sister – at Age 75
On the first of June, Ontario will join the other Canadian Provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Labrador, and Newfoundland in opening their adoption records. Although the government has given adoptees as well as birth parents the ability to opt-out of Continue reading Ontario Adoption Records to Open on June 1
New Jersey is going through the struggle of debating and deciding whether to give adoptees rights to their birth information, or to continue to let things lie as they are. The New Jersey State Senate passed an adoptees’ rights bill Continue reading New Jersey Struggles With Adoption – Adoptees Rights
Adoption reunions don’t always turn out well, and they can have unintended consequences. The following is a teaser from an article in the April 7, 2009 edition of the Mirror, titled “My adopted son came home… and nearly ended my Continue reading Adoption Reunions Can Be Tricky, if not disastrous…
The New York Foundling, one of New York City’s oldest and largest child welfare agencies, is planning a reunion for those children – now grown – who have been adopted through their services over the years. The following is excerpted Continue reading The New York Foundling 140th Anniversary Reunion Planned for October 9-12, 2009
David Stevenson would like to know who his mother is. It seems that he was left in a second-floor hallway at West Heath Court, North End Road, Golders Green, England as an infant in December of 1960. Scotland Yard conducted Continue reading David Stevenson Asks, “Who Is My Mother?”
New Book Review: Back to the Beginning – Remarkable True Stories of Adoption Searches & Reunions Adoption Searches are unique to each person involved. Some clients simply want medical histories. For others the stakes are much higher: a daughter seeking Continue reading Back to the Beginning – Remarkable True Stories of Adoption Searches & Reunions
Last Friday (January 2, 2009), a new law passed in Maine went into effect. The new law allows adoptees the right to copies of their original birth records – complete with the names of their parents. Maine’s new law includes Continue reading Maine Adoptees Now Have Access to Their “Real” Birth Records