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I am searching for my half-brother. He was born 1st May 1960. He was one of the American adoptions that took place with babies born in Ireland. I do not know if he knows his Birth Mother's name or has his original birth cert. I doubt that he has, as a lot of adoptees were given adoption certificates in place of their original birth certificates, with their adoptive parents names, so that they would find it practically impossible to find their Birth Mothers. I have a copy of the original Birth Cert, it was easier to obtain as he was born in Northern Ireland, but then sent to Dublin, Ireland until the age of 19 months, (early December 1961), he then went on a plane to USA to be adopted there 6 months later, which would have been around June 1962! My Mother was sent to Northern Ireland to have him from Southern Ireland.
The date of birth is the only connection, unless he knows his name on his original birth cert, as I was told his name was changed when he was adopted.
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Are you posting from Ireland?
I am not clear on what birth certificates look like in the USA but the original papers from the hospital, not my official birth certificate; had my birthmother's name on it and then it was erased and my adopted mother's name was put on it. I would sneak it out and scrutinize it but to no avail.
I live in Canada.
My birth certificate has my adopted last name on it.
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I guess you could say my search was successful. I "found" my birthmother. Unfortunately, the last piece of information I found was her obituary from 2009. I was too late.I plucked up my courage and wrote a letter to her surviving sister, who was close to her in age. I just mailed it today. I am hoping to connect with her sister, and perhaps, through her, to others in the family. I'm also hopeful she can help guide me to my birth father's name and information as well. I mailed the letter today and am hoping to hear back... preferably soon...I wish you better luck than I've had.I see you're posting from Ireland. Do you know if your brother's adoption was done through an agency of some sort there in Ireland? Can you petition the agency, or perhaps the office of vital records in Dublin for access to the records? There has to be a record somewhere of a child who was sent overseas to be adopted, doesn't there?? Here in the States, every state has its own adoption laws and keeps its own records. Without knowing what state to even start looking at, I really wouldn't know how to help.The only other thing I can recommend is trying the ISRR (International Something-or-other Reunion Registry). Their website should be isrr.org. If your brother has attempted to find his own roots and sent his information into them, when you send in the information you have, a match will be made and you'll both be alerted. Again, I wish you luck!
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Sorry to hear that you were too late when you finally found your birth Mother. I wish you luck with her sister, it would be nice for you to have a connection. The situation with my half-brother is that he was born in Northern Ireland, I have his original birth cert(which I doubt he has), and he was then sent to Dubin (as my Mother lived not far from there), and he remained there until around 19 months when he was sent to US to be adopted there 6 months later. I have spoken with the nun at the adoption agency. You probably know that they are very reluctant to give out information. The information is all there on files. There are organizations here which I am linked to trying to help people reconnect etc., I have been told by the nun in question that he has not tried to make contact, and that if he did, it would be easy enough for him to find my Mother etc., as they have her details. I don't know whether to believe what she says, as other people who have had contact with this organization say that there is a lot of secrecy and covering up due to the way these adoptions took place back in the 60's, between church and state basically. Also it may be the case that he does not even know he is adopted! Anyway I hope that someday we do reconnect. The statistics show that girls are more inclined to search though.