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BrandiCyr · Oct 27, 2008, 12:52 PM

My birth mother had another child and she was also submitted into foster care. I am now adopted, but I was hoping to find her and adopt her into MY family. Does anyone know a way to go about doing this?:confused:

mlsealey · Oct 19, 2009, 07:12 AM

Well I know you might not want to do this... but I did it and within a few hours less then 10 hours I found my half sister... You have to post all known info... Like full names yes even yours... yours mothers... fathers... because if the half sister knows any of your names that is what she will be trying to Google and find. Also the city and state of which you were born the same for where she was born. Also the adoption agency name if possible. Anything and everything that you know.
If the sister evers googles the name of adoption agency and city and state she will find your posting. It is possible so don't be surprised when it happens.
My half sister knew my Dads name and had been looking for him so when she googled his name she found my posting. Go see my posting... Good luck with your search.

Synnen · Oct 19, 2009, 10:53 AM

How old are you, and how old is your half sister?

If you've been adopted, then LEGALLY, you have no ties to another child from the same biological mother/father.

mlsealey · Oct 19, 2009, 12:49 PM

Looks like they went through foster care first which means there could be a chance even a foster parent somewhere would know her birth mothers name or sisters name if she does not know it already.

She may have no ties so to speak but who would not want to know their own blood..?

Synnen · Oct 19, 2009, 01:19 PM

The PROBLEM is that we cannot help a minor search, nor can we help someone find a minor.

If she wants to do this sort of search, she needs to enlist the help of her adoptive parents (if she is a minor) and if she is NOT a minor, it still needs to be her adoptive parents that put forth the effort into adopting her sister.

The courts and the legal system are under NO obligation to connect biological siblings separated by adoption. In fact, it's an invasion of privacy for them to do so.

The ONLY thing I can think of here that might be a legal way to approach this is if the adoptive parents have a way to contact the biological mother (an open adoption) and ask her for information. However, since they were in the foster care system, it's unlikely that there is any contact between the children and the biological mother.

Again, it's in the adoptive parents' court to pursue this.