As a birth mother, I have been involved in searching for my child.\u00a0 I don\u2019t mean just recently, either.\u00a0 I started the search when she turned 18, over 25 years ago.<\/p>\n
Like much of our technology, even this process has changed significantly.\u00a0 At some point early on, I joined a support group that met once a month.\u00a0 This was helpful to learn how to search.\u00a0 They helped instruct me on the next steps.\u00a0 They also made a point of my being a birth mother as much of the group was adoptees.\u00a0 I began to feel that I was more on display rather than a part of, so I left the group.\u00a0 It\u2019s unfortunate as the group was helpful and I did make some progress.<\/p>\n
In today\u2019s search method, DNA can play a big role.\u00a0 I talk about the search and ask questions of everyone I meet involved with adoption.\u00a0 Just in the past few months, I found two individuals that are adoptees and found their birth family through DNA results.\u00a0 It\u2019s amazing to me that this technology has come so far in such a short time.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m asking about this because I just received my very own DNA test kit!\u00a0 It was actually free as the company was gifting members of the triad with just a simple written request.\u00a0 I am very excited about the prospect of using DNA results to search for my daughter.\u00a0 There\u2019s more to this story, but you will have to check back with us for that!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As a birth mother, I have been involved in searching for my child. I don\u2019t mean just recently, either. I started the search when she turned 18, over 25 years ago. <\/p>\n
Like much of our technology, even this process has changed significantly. At some point early on, I joined a support group that met once a month. This was helpful to learn how to search. They helped instruct me on the next steps. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":708,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,14,12,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adoption","category-birth-mom","category-families","category-parents"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n