Adoptees and prospective adoptive families can find a birth mother through adoption agencies, online databases, or search agencies. Adoptees in closed adoptions should try contacting their adoption agency first. Adoptive families can use agencies, advertising, or online platforms, depending on their preference for open or closed adoptions.
Both adoptees and prospective adoptive families may wish to find a birth mother. Adoptees who are beginning a birth mother search should consult with their adoption agencies, search and register with free online adoption databases, or consult with locator agencies. Potential adoptive families looking to find a birth mother should look into reputable adoption agencies, consult websites, or consider placing advertisements to connect with the birth parents.
Individuals who were adopted as young people may have been part of a closed adoption, where the birth parents and adoptive parents had no contact with each other. If this is the case, these individuals will never have met their birth mother and the adoptive parents will not have her contact information. To begin a search for the birth mother in this situation, the adoptee should first try to contact the agency from which she was adopted. The agency may have birth parent information or other contacts and advice on finding a birth mother.
If the adoption agency can’t provide the information, free websites and registries may be a good option. There are several online platforms that adoptees can use to search for their birth parents, create a profile with their information, and connect with others in the search process. Since many of these databases are widely known, they may be successful or provide individuals with listings from other reputable research agencies.
Professional search agencies are another option for adoptees who want to find a birth mother. Search companies and confidential intermediaries (CIs) will be able to continue the search, sometimes using adoption court records to locate birth parents. While sometimes expensive, there are also free search programs, known as search angels, that can help adoptees locate their birth families.
Adoptive parents looking for a birth mother can use adoption agencies, advertisements, or various online platforms to meet potential birth parents. Many families appreciate the comfort, security, and privacy afforded by adoption agencies, and others want the freedom and flexibility to conduct a birth mother search on their own through networking or advertising. The service used will also depend on whether the prospective family prefers an open, semi-open or closed adoption. Self-conducted searches, advertisements, and many websites will involve contacting potential birth mothers, while some adoption agencies will honor a family’s request for a closed adoption, where they have no identifying information about the birth mother.
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