| If you are an adoptee looking for your biological | | | | have been issued when you were born. |
| parents, then there are a few things you need to | | | | A good intermediary step to take here would be to |
| consider before you commence your search. | | | | register yourself with an adoption reunion website. |
| Before the whole process begins, you need to ask | | | | These sites may put you on a list, so that you are |
| yourself the consequences of what you are about to | | | | easy to find and can aid in successfully in reuniting |
| do. | | | | adoptees with their birth parents. |
| How do you imagine your biological parents will | | | | The next thing that you should do is to use the |
| respond by you contacting them? What do you think | | | | information that you have obtained to narrow down |
| they would say? Would they welcome you or would | | | | your search and identify who your parents actually |
| they not be interested? | | | | are. |
| If you are prepared to ask yourself these types of | | | | You can do this through a variety of means. The |
| questions and are prepared for any kind of negative | | | | easiest and most effective way of doing this is |
| response your biological parents may have, then you | | | | through a public records database. |
| are ready to commence your search. | | | | These work by allowing you to enter a piece of |
| The first thing that you should be doing is to go | | | | information about a person (such as a surname or |
| through any old documents that your adoptive | | | | address) which will then give you further information |
| parents may have. | | | | you can use to complete and hopefully find the |
| This can include things like birth certificates, adoption | | | | specific people that you are looking for. |
| agency papers, letters from your birth parents or | | | | I hope this brief guide has helped you in your quest |
| any other kind of official documentation that may | | | | to find your biological birth parents. |