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How To Find Your Adopted Child
How To Find Adopted Child
Here is additional information on how to find your adopted child. This post complements our previous article: Find Adoptee | Search By Date Of Birth Of Child, which we strongly suggest you read first.
Your adopted child’s date of birth, along with just a bit more information about the adoption and the adopting parents may be all you need to find your adopted child.
Our OmniTrace researchers have a lot of experience working with birth mothers attempting to find their adopted child. We understand how much stress you were under during your pregnancy up until your child was adopted. There is, of course, a lot you may not recall. So, you should make every attempt to interview anyone who knew you during that time period.
Of course we understand that anyone who had knowledge of the adoption may now be deceased, or perhaps no one you know has anything helpful to provide you. But, just in case, attempt to speak with:
- Your parents–if they helped you facilitate the adoption.
- Other members of your family– if they have any knowledge (e.g.: aunt, uncle).
- Friends of your parents to see if they were told anything–they may recall some small morsel about the adoption and your adopted child that might assist you.
- Former neighbors of your parents during the time of your pregnancy– to see if they were told anything. There is a chance that your parents shared some information about the adoption with them. Make sure that you bring some pictures of yourself taken around the time of your pregnancy. These may jar memories.
- Your family physician and/or birth physician during the time of your pregnancy–if the family physician and/or birth physician is still alive, they may recall something about the adopting parents and/or circumstances surrounding the adoption.
- Your family attorney during the time of your pregnancy– if an attorney handled the adoption, contact him/her for information. If the attorney is deceased, he may have left his records with a partner or a family member that took over his practice.
Okay, so hopefully you have found someone to speak with who has information about the adoption. Make sure you review and have all the facts at hand that you have developed to date. Try to conduct your interview in person; you may obtain more details this way than by phone or letter. There may be many small bits and pieces of information that they might have that they don’t realize are important. Write a list of everything that you want to cover. At the very minimum, you’ll want to ask:
- What can you tell me about the adopting family?
- Where were the adopting parents residing when the baby was born?
- Do you recall the adopting parents names?
- What were the ages the adoption parents?
- Do you know if the adopting parents had any other children (adopted or natural)?
- What was the educational background of the adopting parents?
- What was the religion of the adopting parents?
- When did the adopting parents pick up the baby?
- Do you know if the adopting parents paid any of my medical bills?
- Did you ever see the adopting parents? If yes, can you describe them?
- Can you recall any information about the birth physician?
- Can you recall any information about the adoption agency?
- Can you recall any information about the adoption attorney?
- Do you recall the names of any social workers?
- Was my child placed in foster care?
- When was the adoption of my child finalized?
- Did we receive a legal notice of adoption by mail or in a legal newspaper?
- Was my birth child named at birth?
- Do you recall what name the adopting parents gave to my birth child?
- Did the adopting family ever try to make contact with me? Did they send any letters, photos, or mementos to my parents that were withheld from me?
Your interview may go in many directions. You may be told something that surprises you, and you may forget to ask everything that you had planned. So, be sure to cover all the questions that you have on your list. And, write everything down!
Shortly, we are going to post articles on: (1) contacting the adoption agency (2) contacting the birth hospital and (3) we’ll address some secret methods that professional search companies like OmniTrace use to find an adopted child when you have reached a dead end and all seems hopeless.
Please post a comment if you have any questions.
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My name is Heidi Miller. I reluctantly gave my son to the LDS Adoption agency in Poughkeepsie NY when I was 21. I was going through a divorce and there were complications with the birth. Long story short, he was born with seizures and cerebral palsy. the hospital he was at was not taking care of him. I followed everything they told me to do, but it wasnt working. The pastor at our church talked me into having him adopted so he could have two parents and better medical care. I did not want to let him go, but i did want that for him. He was born December 18th 1995 as Jason Alexander Gammon. I had a social security number for him, but from what i understand everything was changed. I do not know if he is still alive or not as I received a phone call in 1998 that he had passed away before his 2nd birthday. Since then i have repeatedly have thought about him and do not have anything that proves he passed away. Not knowing if he is ok is tearing me up inside. He would be 17 years old this year. He has 3 brothers and 2 sisters. Ive tried calling the agency, but was told that the person handling the case no longer works there and the files are unaccessible since it was a closed adoption. If anyone knows anything about him,please please please let me know.
Hi Hiedi,
My name is Stefani and i going through the same situation. I gave my son up for adoption at birth through the LDS social services in May of 1996. They will not tell me ANYTHING either becuase it was a closed adoptions. My heart goes out to you. I can only imagin how much you miss him and would love to hear some good news. I’ll pray for you and your family that one day you all will be reunited. I hope and pray the same thing for me.
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Mi nombre es Fatima y estoy ayudando a mi amigo Lazaro Palacios Peña a buscar a sus 2 hijos Lazaro jr. que nacio el 5 de Septiembre de 1990 y Alyssa que nacio el 31 de Octubre de 1991, fueron dados en adopción sin su consentimiento. La ultima ves que los vio fue en 1993 en Murray St, Rahway, NJ donde vivían con una familia temporaria. Hemos tratado de buscarlos por otros medios pero la información que tenemos acerca de ellos es muy poca. Si reconoces estas fotos del año 1993 por favor comunícate al email o al teléfono celular en esta pagina. Queremos que Lazaro jr y Alyssa sepan que su papa biológico nunca a dejado de extrañarlos y de pensar en ellos. Gracias de antemano por tu ayuda.
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tamit5799@yahoo.com Tami Thompson
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Hi Cheryl. To assist you, we’ll need to discuss your search in detail over the phone. Please call us at 1-888-965-6696 and ask to speak with one of our OmniTrace search consultants. Thanks!
Dear Cheryl,I understand your grief,my daughter gave up her baby boy who was born on Feb 19,2007. She did it behind my back.i thought I had talked her into keeping the baby,but she went in before her due date and never told me. Kept it all secret. He was born in Baton Rouge,Louisiana. I went through terrible grieving..like he had died. I never even got to hold him. I think his name is Jonathan and he may be in Pennsylvania.that is so far from here. Lawyers handled her adoption…dont know if I will ever be able to see the files. I pray for him every night. I hope you find your little man.
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Looking for my niece born Felicia Amezquita in Dec of 1993ish.
My rights was taken in court but my husband and I never signed nothing giving our right away. How can I find out if our son daniel ray hammond 3rd born 11-09-02 and kaylee teresa hammond born 11-29-04 has been adopted. Or can we get them back. Please help me with this. I need my babies home.
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Im not sure what state you and your husband live in or how long they give you to appeal the termination of your rights but if the statute of limitations has not run out you can appeal the courts decision all the way up to the supreme court. Im not saying this will happen in your case but there have been cases where even after rights were terminated and the child or children have been adopted the higher court has reversed the decision by the lower court and given the parental rights back to the biological parents.
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I left my son when he was 4 months old with my bestfriend. She begged me to babysit so i can have a night out with my sons daddy. After dinner and movie i call her to see how my baby is doing She said he was fine and asleep. We went to bed and we hear a loud banging at the door and it was the cops arresting me. I did not knw what was going on. They said they were arresting me for child abandonment. I was so confused and scared cause they would not tell me anything. I spent 4 nights in jail not knowing where my son was or anything. My grandparents got me out god bless them. I get out and I have a lawyer that they got. My lawyer told me that my son was ok and was in DSS custody. My bestfriend left my baby with her roommate which I didnt knw her that well. my so called bestfriend that I knew since I was 5 yrs old left and never came back that night and the girl called her mom cause she had to go to work and her mom called Dss. I got to see up till he was 1 yr old and they took my rights and he was adopted out. So ive been looking for him everbsince. His name is Patrick Jerome Hicks born 1/27/2002. He is knw 11 yrs old. Hes mixed with white and blaxk from Catawba County in NC. Somebody please help. I cant have anymore kids and i stay depressed and sad. Please be careful who you let watch your child. Thanks
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Hi im looking for my five children in atx i lost them through cps and lost all rights and want to see if anyone can help me find them their names are brianna ayala mendoza Isaacmendoza and annamarie ayala mendoza and jorge centeno selena ayala Santiago they are together accept for jorge and i just want them back home someone pls help its been 5 years now and not a day goes by that i don’t sleep without them i never gave up my rights the courts did i love you kiddos mommy’s waiting for yall
I’m looking for my four sons. That was placed for adoption in 2009. Jordan saving Thompson d.o.b 11/11/97,tyshawn Vachafs hearn d.o.b 5/29/2000, David Vacha jvon hearn d.o.b 10/2/2001, imani hearn d.o.b 11/5/2008. Last names could be different! If any one no where they are plse contact me
I meant Jordan davon Thompson
Hello I am an adopted child seeking my birth family. I was born may 24 1971 in east los Angeles California. My name is Sandra. My adopted parents are sally and Frederico Oviedo. That’s really all of the information I have. I guess I just need to know if my parents ever loved me and do they ever think of me.
Here’s some more vital info off of my amended birth certificate my place of birth was USC Medical Center in los Angeles County at 5:50 am. Adoptive parents name was sally reyes and Fred Oviedo. Carl s.hindel was the intern/physician. I wasn’t adopted til the age of three per amended date of b/c is 7/31/74.
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