Who says they can't be found?

Our agency has been able to locate most everyone we have ever been hired to locate. Not all but most. Searches have involved all states, Puerto Rico as well as Canada. Birthmother's who cannot recall the date of birth. Adoptees who have no name for their birthparent. Siblings who are not quite sure of the sex of the child. Informing ones that they have a right to non-identifying information concerning their adoption or child's placement. Especially when they don't even know what non-identifying information is.

Letting them know that MOST adoption registeries free or not are passive and require the consent and continuous update from both parties and if one predeceases the other or the match they will never be connected. Most registries have serious flaws. Letting people know that careless or misinformed workers give out incorrect information in their agency reports of non-identifying information. Case in point from an agency in Connecticut stating "Your birthmother was 21 years old". We completed the search and found the birthmother was 35 years old at the time of the birth but the consent she had signed for the adoption stated Miss Mary Jones who is over the age of 21 years old.

Consider New York a state that for years allowed a mother to enter a hospital under a fake name and for her child's adoption record to carry this surname. The birth record could have a totally fake name for her and even a fake birthplace or address for the mother. In most instances the agency knew her real name but all other records, hospital, baptismal, birth certificate would carry erroneous information.

Adoptees birthplaces can and could be legally changed in many states as well as their date of birth. The date of birth being changed I will admit though is more uncommon than the place of birth being changed but it is still worth mentioning.

KI:)