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Birth Mother Search – Obtaining Necessary Identifying Information
A birth mother search can be quite difficult for an adoptee to successfully resolve. That’s because most adoptees have very little identifying information on their birth mother when they begin to search. They also lack state-of-the-art search tools that are currently available to professional adoption researchers and investigative agencies such as OmniTrace. These tools allow access to and the capability to sort through virtually millions of public records. With the above mentioned search tools, you may be surprised to read that, in most instances, very little identifying information is needed to find your birth mother! Provided here are a number of examples of minimal identifying information that you may already have or can readily obtain that can allow a search professional (and even you) to find your birth mother. Any one of the following examples may be enough information to find her:
- The first name and date of birth of your birth mother
- The date of birth and state where your birth mother likely resided at the time of the birth
- The horoscope sign and last name of your birth mother
- The first name of your birth mother–if the name is uncommon
- The first name and middle initial of your birth mother
- The occupation and area where your birth mother resided when you were born
- The age and address of your birth mother at the time you were born
- The age of your birth mother and her address at the time of your birth
- The age range of your birth mother and where she and her siblings attended school (you may need age range of her siblings too)
- The occupation of your birth mother’s parents along with the area and age range of her parents at the time of your birth
- A criminal background of the birth mother allowing for use of Freedom of Information Act to request police records
- Description of your birth mother and education information along with the area where your birth mother resided
Once again, any one of the above examples or a combination of identifying information from the different examples might allow you to quickly resolve your search and reunite you with your birth mother.
One way to obtain your birth mother’s identifying information is to request what is referred to in adoption agency jargon: Non-Identifying Information. When you receive your non-identifying information there’s a chance that you will have enough identifying information (inadvertently supplied to you) to complete your search.
Very shortly, in a future post, we’ll explain what Non-Identifying information is, how to request it, and where to request it. Also, in future posts we’ll provide much information about the search tools and databases used by professionals. Visit us often. We type quickly! 
Please make a comment with any questions or thoughts you may have about this post. Thanks!
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I am searching for my son I gave up for adoption in 1984. He was born on October 1st 1984 at OSU Hospital in Columbus Ohio. I did not want to give him up. I spent all feeding times with him in the nursery holding him and telling him how much I loved him. Holding him and telling him goodbye for the last time was the most heartbreaking thing I have ever had to face. That and then telling a judge I didn’t want to be his mom was horrible. I have been praying God will bring him back into my life. I don,t know his adopted name I have called him Luke all these years when I send him my thoughts, love, and prayers. I guess I am hoping he will see my post. I just needed somewhere to start.
Gods love and prayers to all birth parents, adopting parents and all our children.
Hi, May I suggest you check other databases by putting his birthday city state and word adoptee in a google search.
If he has posted on another database, it might show up that way.
sincerely,
Joan
check the ohio laws and make sure you have a consent waiver there. And if you used an agency do a consent waiver, Notarized.
Joan
I have my birthmothers non-identifying information from Catholic Charities of Nevada. This is a closed adoption state
so what steps can I take to find my birthmother with the infor I have: First name, birth place, her siblings, her age, and I know her father was in the military because I was born at Nellis AFB Hostpital.
Help!
Thank you.