| I am adopted - Where can I find my real parents | | | | your birth record you can now search for their details |
| Do you want to find your real parents? Are you | | | | using the same online database. If you know their |
| curious about where you came from, who your | | | | names and where they used to live you should be |
| parents are and why they gave you up for adoption? | | | | able to find out where they are located now. |
| If you've never known your biological parents then it's | | | | And there's more. When you start finding information |
| only human nature that sooner or later you'll start to | | | | on your parents you can find out much more than |
| wonder why it is that they left you. You may not want | | | | simply where they live. You can find telephone |
| to meet them, especially when you find out what the're | | | | numbers, criminal records, marriage records, arrest |
| like but I bet that you would like to know something | | | | records and all sorts of things that you never imagined. |
| about them even if you do it secretly. | | | | Locate birth parents confidentially so that you decide if |
| Before the Internet and the availability of public records | | | | you want to contact them or not |
| online the only way to find someone was either to | | | | You might have a burning desire to get in touch with |
| spend a lot of time making enquiries in the places | | | | your real parents or you might just be curious to know |
| where you think the person may have resided or to | | | | who they are and what they've been doing. You might |
| spend money on a private detective who would do | | | | not know yourself whether you want to contact them |
| the work for you. The first option often meant a lot of | | | | at this time. Either way there's no harm in doing the |
| traveling to follow up leads that you find. The second | | | | searches and tracing your biological parents and |
| option is expensive and enough to make most people | | | | possibly the rest of your real family because it's all |
| think twice about finding their lost parents. | | | | done with 100% confidentiality. |
| Start searching for your biological parents by looking | | | | When you have the information you can decide what |
| yourself up | | | | you are going to do with it. You can pick the phone up |
| You have to start somewhere and you aren't going to | | | | and call them or you can quietly ignore it and get on |
| get far unless you know the names of your parents | | | | with your own life. |
| and have at least an idea of where they lived when | | | | Using an online public records database to find people |
| you were born. This information should be on your birth | | | | doesn't work for everyone, some people just can't be |
| certificate but if you were adopted then you might not | | | | found, but it is the best and certainly the easiest way |
| possess a copy. If you don't have your real parents | | | | to search for someone by a long way. If you are even |
| details then go online and look up information on | | | | thinking about the parents that you've lost then you |
| yourself. You should be able to find the information that | | | | owe it to yourself to give this a try. You might get a |
| you need amongst the public birth records. | | | | very pleasant surprise and you don't have anything to |
| Armed with the information about your parents from | | | | lose. |