Topic : Searching for Birth Parents

I was born Sept 1, 1966, and was left at the Adventist Hospital in Glendale California. I was adopted with in the first year to a southern Ca. family... My apparent birth father is from Italy, we think, here on military or work duty benefits, and the b-mother has a last name of KISHNER, or KIRSCHNER, living in the area back then and could of been Mormon religion. 

The bith moms parents were in the Orange County area as residents and were involved in my care or concern. I supposedly have blonde-haired birth sibs older than me and I wish to meet with and locate b-family ties! 

jbrook 

What a touching story. I'm so glad you were able to find your son. I am searching for my husbands birthfamily. And unlike what  you said, he very much needs and wants to find his b-family and where he came from. His a-parents were not the best and he had to deal with abuse and neglect for much of his life. His teenage years were of going from place to place, getting kicked out of both parents houses and just being denied the affection he so much deserved. He still to this day has a hard time excepting the fact that I love him and want him in my life and we've been married for almost 15 years! It is a huge void in his life and I'm afraid it may stay that way. He basically has no a-parents. His a-mom passed and he has no current relationship with his a-dad. I'm so glad that even though you placed your child for adoption that you still think about him. We've not had much luck with our search. Too many people with the same name. I hope in the future your son will want to know you. Not every adoptee is so lucky! Thanks again for your message. Please respond if you would like. 

Jen  

I am a 60 year young lady who got the shock of her life two years ago. I always knew something was wrong in my family but no one would talk to me about it.  A family friend told me the man I thougt was my father was really my step-father.  I was not told until both my mom and step-father died. I have some information but keep running into a brick wall.  I need to find my dad or his two brothers, or anyone in the family.  I am in Southern California and so are they.  The pain will not go 

away.  I have always felt something  was wrong but my mother made everyone swear never to tell me.  I need help.  I can't seem to get on with life. What a nightmare!  

do ever feel like we will never find our birth family? we both were born the same year and we are both striving for the same thing. born states apart, yet both are looking for the needle in the hay stack. i don't think i will ever find my b-parents. how do you feel? 

do you know anything about your b-parents? my supposedly, b-parents met in Texas. my father was from Italy and my mom is from ca., at least when i was born. 

let's be friends. i don't have any one else to talk about this with. 

jbrook 

 brother. 

I was adopted to. I don't know my fathers name, but I know my mom's. I want to find my birthparents, but I don't know where to start. 

I have been interested in looking for my birth parents. I was born on March 10th, 1969 in Evanston, IL Hospital. I have wonderful parents and my interest is yes curiosity as well as for medical history for I have my own daughter. 

There is always the chance of rejection when your'e looking for your birthparents. Perhaps they've re-married and now have children of their own. I would just enjoy a picture at least, I've always been interested in who I look like, where I got my hair, my eyes, etc.  It's something to seriously consider as to whether or not you can handle the rejection if it comes. 

I'm hoping one day I'll find them. I wish you all the best of luck in your search. 

I really hope that I can help you.  I am going through a similar situation.  I was adopted in Aiken,South Carolina.  And my adoption was also private.  I have recently learned that because my adoption was private, and I was born in SC that I am not entitled to my non-identifying info.  But, I know an agency who may be able to help you.  The agency is located in Washington state and is called GivenRight.  Go on their websight.  This lady's name who is the founder of GivenRight is Jennifer Robinson.  She is a birthmom and an adoptee.  Unfortunately, she wasn't able to help me for reasons beyond her control.  Her business is run out of her home.  She doesn't help people for the money.  She does this because she knows what us adoptees feel.  Anyway, to hire her only costs $200.00 upfront and if she finds who you are looking for you only owe her another $200.00.  If she can not find someone for you you owe her nothing.  All you NEED is a copy of your birthcertificate.  Her computer matches your state file number with the same state number I believe that's how she makes a match.  Anyway, when I read your message board my heart went out to you.  Mine was not a successful search, but I hope yours will be.  Feel free to e-mail me anytime marysaustin@comcast.net.  If I have helped one person maybe it can help me find some peace from not knowing.  I wish you all the best!!!   

A good place ot start is on the internet, You need to get in touch with the courthouse where you adoption took place, and then you can petition the court for your original birth certificate. If the adoption was done through catholic services, get in touch with the doicese of that state, and they can point you in the right direction. 

Stanley40