The path home is very long for most adopted individuals. Tracing the footsteps of the past can also be a very exhausting and expensive task. Thousands of people are put up for adoption each month and every day hundreds of people give up on trying to find the birth parents they have never met. However, ...
Parents of adopted children have varying degrees of anxiety about the birth parents of their children. This can be for several reasons for this. Sometimes, adoptive parents possess information about the birth parents that make them uneasy. Sometimes, it is the lack of information is what makes them uncomfortable. And, for many parents of adopted ...
I can’t speak for every person who has been adopted, but I have the desire now to find out about my birth parents. I didn’t do anything to discover this information when my adoptive parents were still alive, because I was afraid it would hurt them. After all, they were the only parents I ever ...
Adult adoptees in Texas can now obtain a copy of their original birth certificate thanks to a new law that took effect Sept. 1st.The 79th Legislative Session passed House Bill 240 which affects adult adoptees wanting a copy of their original birth certificate. The Vital Statistics Unit Adoption Team works with attorneys and district clerks ...