How do i search for my mother

Coy Campbell · #1 Feb 11, 2008, 12:23 PM

I am 18 years old and I am now looking for my biological mother. How do i go about that if i know nothing of my parents at all?

Sand Daddy · Feb 11, 2008, 12:28 PM

Were you adopted? If so, the adoption agency should have some records that may assist you. Additionally, you should be attempting to acquire your original birth certificate, this should provide you with the name.

Coy Campbell · Feb 11, 2008, 12:30 PM

Yes I was adopted. I was adopted at 7. Is there a website that mite help me or anything else?

Sand Daddy · Feb 11, 2008, 12:34 PM

There are a few out there, just google search. You don't know the name of the adoption agency?

Coy Campbell · Feb 11, 2008, 12:35 PM

No i have no ideal of the agency. Unless you are talking about the Foster home name?

Sand Daddy · Feb 11, 2008, 12:38 PM

The foster home name is a start. Basically you need to start looking back to all the people and places you were, ask these people to help you identify your birth parents. If you were in foster care, there has to be some kind of written record of where you came from, this is where I would start.

Coy Campbell · Feb 11, 2008, 12:42 PM

How do you find a foster home if you do not even know the location. I am latin from Puerto Rico and my boyfriend is trying to help me find my biological parents. THe ideals that i have is that it is either in Puerto Rico or Florida. The foster homes are called: Children Home Society and Hands in Action.

Sand Daddy · Feb 11, 2008, 12:45 PM

So start with those names. You may have to put in a great deal of foot work to run them down, but if you just start making phone calls, ask them if you were ever in the home.

Another option is this, if you were born in the US, there will be a birth record. Assuming your name has remained unchanged since birth, you can do a State to State search for your birth record.

Sand Daddy · Feb 11, 2008, 12:48 PM

Try this website. Intelius People Search - Public Records, Background Checks & More

I have had luck locating people from my past, but I also had a great deal of info to assist me. You will have to spend a little bit of money, but it could help.

Coy Campbell · Feb 11, 2008, 12:50 PM

Actually my last name has changed. I Know that my last name before was Navies but i am not so sure. Well even if i was born in puerto rico i should have a real birth certificate that the US can have use as well right?



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