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Finding a Birth Family Means Hunting for Hidden Roots

By Carolyn Campbell Premium

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(Unsplash) If you’re an adoptee, the search typically begins by contacting the agency where you were adopted to ask for “non-identifying information,” explains Jill Ekstrom, a researcher who’s also both an adoptee and a birth mother. This often provides more detail than the agency gives the adoptive parents, and might include the date the adoption View Website VIP Subscription

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