Search & Reunion - Severance Magazine

by bkjax May 10, 2019

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Books

Adoption Reunion Handbook, by Liz Trinder, Julia Feast, and David Howe A 2005 book with practical advice about search techniques and discussion of the various experiences of reunion

The Adoption Reunion Survival Guide: Preparing Yourself for the Search, Reunion, and Beyond, by Julie Jarrell Bailey and Lynn N. Giddens, MA Although its search techniques may be a bit dated, the guide offers perspective on the reunion experience along with resources.

BirthRight: The Guide to Search and Reunion for Adoptees, Birth Parents, and Adoptive Parents, by Jean A.S. Strauss and Clarissa Pinkola Estes Although the mechanics of searching have changed greatly in the roughly two and a half decades since the appearance of this classic, the discussion of the emotional issues and concerns related to search and reunion remain useful.

Facebook Groups

DNA Adoptee Research & Reunion

The DNA Detectives

Foundling Finders

I Found My Birth Family Now What!?

Search Squad

Genealogy Records, Databases, Reunion Registries & Tools

Family Search

Find A Grave

Genealogy Bank

International Soundex Reunion Registry

Newspapers.com

Reunion Registries

Adopted.com

Adoptee Search

Adoption.com

The Alma Society

Florida Adoption Reunion Registry

Search Angels

People Finder Sites

Beenverified.com

Classmates.com

Intellius.com

Whitepages.com

Zabasearch.com

The Lost Family: How DNA is Upending Who We Are, by Libby Copeland. Check our News & Reviews section for a review of this excellent book about the impact on the culture of direct-to-consumer DNA testing.

What Happens When Parents Wait to Tell a Child He’s Adopted

“A new study suggests that learning about one’s adoption after a certain age could lead to lower life satisfaction in the future.”

Janine Vance Searches for the Truth About Korean Adoptees

“Imagine for a minute that you don’t know who your mother is. Now imagine that you are that mother, and you don’t know what became of your daughter.”

Who’s Your Daddy? The Twisty History of Paternity Testing

“Salon talks to author Nara B. Milanich about why in the politics of paternity and science, context is everything.”

What Separation from Parents Does to Children: ‘The Effect is Catastrophic”

“This is what happens inside children when they are forcibly separated from their parents.”

Truth: A Love Story

“A scientist discovers his own family’s secret.”

Dear Therapist: The Child My Daughter Put Up for Adoption is Now Rejecting Her

“She thought that her daughter would want to meet her one day. Twenty-five years later, that’s not true.”

I’m Adopted and Pro-Choice. Stop Using My Story for the Anti-Abortion Agenda. Stephanie Drenka’s essay for the Huffington Post looks at the way adoptees have made unwilling participants in conversations about abortion.