Hi Taunton! Can I ask do you know what your mother's birth name was? Or is it just the name that her adoptive parents gave her? I'm pretty sure you can find this information out by gaining her adoption file. So even if you only know her adoptive name, date of birth and perhaps place of birth you could get hold of her adoption file. The genealogy sites are fab but very difficult if you have limited information to go off and can make searches very frustrating. The other questions I have is do you know her place of birth and added to that her date of birth is that how you discovered a child that was born with the same Christian name as her?
If you go on the gov.uk website and look for adoption file I'm pretty sure you can gain access to the file but it can take some months. Other things that are helpful is if she was in a childrEns home prior to adoption or if it was a private adoption etc. A good place to start though is put down as much as you know and apply for the adoption file. I have so far found my grandmother's born 1905-1999) file as she as in a national children's Home. They keep files upto 100 years. She was never adopted but the home still had the file of her time there and it contained her mother's maiden name and father's full name nd address! I also found my partners mother's family too as following getting the information I then went on ancestry website which helped me find a family tree! The other good thing you can do is a DNA test! I did a test via ancestry and tells you an ethnicity estimate and a list of people who are related to you via DNA. The closest people I have on there are my 3rd cousins.
Anyway going back to your family - the best thing I would suggest is to contact
adoptions@gro.gsi.gov.uk to start with. Good luck with your search!
Originally Posted by SuperBluebirds91
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