In a typical closed adoption, the adopted person knows very little about his biological family members. In many cases even basic family medical history is unknown. When these adoptees reach adulthood they often decide to search for their birth relatives to get answers about where they come from.
Get Adoption Facts to Begin a Successful Search for Birth Parents

The first step for an adoptee wishing to find his birth family is to make a list of everything he knows about his birth and adoption. The adoptive parents are the best – and possibly only – source of this information. Of course they can only reveal what they were told themselves during the adoption process. Usually the adoptee will have to fill in the blanks during the search process.

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There are several states that currently have open adoption records. In these states, an adult adoptee can obtain an original birth certificate and in some instances additional adoption record information.

If you are an adoptee looking for your birth parents in an open adoption records state, please do request your open adoption records. However, obtaining your original birth records does not mean your search will be a piece of cake. Having information on your birth mother, such as her maiden name and perhaps an old address is a great start, but you will still have to obtain her current name and address information. Your birth mother may have changed her name several times, or she may not reside in the state where you were adopted.

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