Adoption & Fostering
When a child is adopted, the adoptive parents are responsible for his/her upbringing. The natural parents have no rights to see the child.Once an adopted child is 18, they have the right to see a copy of their original birth records, and can start to find out more about their natural parents.
If you wish to do this, bear in mind that it can be an emotional process for everyone involved, including your natural parents and your adoptive parents.
Finding your real parents
For some young people who are adopted there is a strong wish to trace their birth parents or to know if they have brothers or sisters. This process can be a very frustrating one - often records are not easily released by the authorities.
It can also be very emotional for everyone involved, including the adopted parents who may feel rejected or confused by their children's desire to find their other parents.
Young people interested in tracing their birth family should discuss this both with their adoptive families and social workers.
There may in some circumstances be reasons why you should not or cannot contact your birth parents.
Click on:
www.afteradoption.org.uk
They run a free national helpline for people aged under 26 who have a concern about adoption.
Tel: 0808 8081234 (Tuesday - Friday, 3pm - 9pm)
Email: helpline@talkadoption.org.uk
www.thesite.org
Contact:
NORCAP (National Organisation for the Counselling of Adoptees and Parents). They give advice and support for people trying to contact their birth relatives
Tel: 01865 875000
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