Do adopted people get a new Birth Certificate?

miserly_mum

Hi, I was wondering if any of you wise and wonderful people could help me out?

Basically I am an adult adopted as a baby. I'm getting married soon and need my birth certificate and photographic id for this. I don't have a driving licence or passport so would also need my birth certificate to apply for the passport which i'll need for my honeymoon anyway

I don't ever remember having a birth certificate only an adoption certificate which has got lost the last time I moved house

Basically once I was adopted did I also get a new birth certificate in my adopted name? My parents always used my adoption certificate as id for school,bank accounts etc so maybe never felt the need to get a copy of my Birth certificate or perhaps never actually knew if I had a new one or not.

Anybody know?

Craftyscholar

As far as I know adoptees only get a shortened birth certificate in their new name. If you need to produce the full one - for things like passports - you have to use your adoption papers.

lita

No, I was adopted and have a birth certificate with my birth surname on it and an adoption certificate with my new surname on it (and a deed poll certificate from when I changed my surname back to my birth surname but that's a different story:D).

Unfortunately I can't help with giving you anymore information ie. where to get new certificates from because I haven't got a clue Hope you get it sorted

snugglepants

http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/

You can order full birth certificates here. Hope this helps.

Otherwise ask at your local Register Office.

jamesb1239

I dont know if this will help but my OH was adopted when very young and only ever had an adoption certificate, but for our wedding they want to see the original birth certificate too. If you dont have it then just go onto the general registry office website and you can order them, hers was £10 but i think its cheaper if you know the reference number ie if you have a short version of it but not the full one.

Hope that helps

jamesb1239

snugglepants wrote: »

http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/

You can order full birth certificates here. Hope this helps.

Otherwise ask at your local Register Office.

ARRRRGHHH lol somebody always beats me to it lol :beer:

miserly_mum

jamesb1239 wrote: »

I dont know if this will help but my OH was adopted when very young and only ever had an adoption certificate, but for our wedding they want to see the original birth certificate too. If you dont have it then just go onto the general registry office website and you can order them, hers was £10 but i think its cheaper if you know the reference number ie if you have a short version of it but not the full one.

Hope that helps

When you say original certificate do you mean the one with his birth name and birth mothers details, because I have that?

seven-day-weekend

I have an adoption certificate in my adopted name showing my adoptive parents and also an original birth certificate in my original name showing my birth mother.

I was adopted as a baby in 1950.

The adoption certificate is the one I use. (I didn't get the original one until about 2003). I think if you need a new one you have to get it from the General Register Office.
http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/adoptions/

joanne0620

I was adopted in 1972 when I was 17 days old and all I have is my shortened birth certificate with my adopted name on it,have never seen any other paperwork.

seven-day-weekend

If you were adopted before 1975, you have to have a meeting with a counsellor before you can have access to your birth records. AFAIK, this is because before this date, adopted children did not have any right to any knowledge of birth parents and it is a form of preparation in case they find out anything they might not like.

In my own counselling session, we talked about how I would feel if I found out my mother was not as I'd imagined her (for example she might have been in prison or be a prostitute) and we also discussed appropriate ways of dealing with tracing family.

I had this counselling in case I ever wished to trace her, but have never felt the urge to do so. (Although I did take a train journey to the address on my original birth certificate just to see where I had come from).

Janey3

I'm in the same situation as yourself, sevendayweekend.

I obtained my original birth certificate, but I have never had to disclose it to anyone i.e. to get a passport, always been my shortened adoption certificate, but I do remember having to go to the passport office when I applied for my first passport to show them it, but this is many years ago. Not sure, but I think they may need a longer version of the adoption certificate nowadays, showing adoptive parents full details.