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First steps

P_1 · 2014-08-13 14:22:35

Hi all. Decided to find out where I came from after a recent medical scare made it fairly clear that I probably should know a bit about family medical history and the like. Contact was made from the birth mothers side maybe 8 years back but I decided to take the ostrich approach to that back then. So what I have is: My…

13-08-2014 3:22pm

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Hi all.

Decided to find out where I came from after a recent medical scare made it fairly clear that I probably should know a bit about family medical history and the like. Contact was made from the birth mothers side maybe 8 years back but I decided to take the ostrich approach to that back then.

So what I have is:
My birth date (obviously)
The agency that arranged the adoption
My original first name

Now is it a matter of popping down to the adoption agency and saying something like "hi, I was adopted through your agency in 1987 and I'd like some help in making contact" or is there a bit more to it than that?

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