Sibling rights

billyolly

I have the birth certificate of a sibling I never new existed and would like to try and find her,she was adopted.She was born in 1949,do I have any legal rights as to how I can make contact her.
Any advice would be appreciated.

elsien

It depends if they want to be contacted.

https://www.gov.uk/adoption-records/intermediary-agencies

You might also be able to register with the contact register, in case they're already looking.
https://www.gov.uk/adoption-records/the-adoption-contact-register

barbarawright

You don't have any rights but this would be a good place to start http://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/reuniting-families

Nicki

This is the third thread you've started and have been told on each one that whilst the adopted person has legal rights to information which would enable them to trace their birth relatives, that birth relatives do not have any legal rights to trace their adopted relative. Adoption records are sealed, and whilst you can put your details on the contact register, if the adopted sibling is also on that register, your details will be passed to them, but theirs will not be passed to you.

Have you tried advertising in the media as has been suggested on both of your other threads as you are quite simply wasting your time trying to get information from official records, and the Salvation Army won't be able to access those details either.

Perhaps a start might be to add in this thread, that you are looking for someone who was born on [date] at [place] with the birth name of [. ] and whose birth mother was [. ] given this site has a large readership you could be lucky.

I am adopted, and am finding it difficult to find info about my birth family, even those records are technically and legally open for me to inspect, so know from personal experience that it will be impossible for you to get into sealed adoption records (even with a legal right to information, I was still only allowed to see a redacted version of my own adoption file).

billyolly

I received my sisters birth certificate on Friday.I am in contact with the Salvation Army ,they help me find my mothers records.I have asked them for guidance in help me to find my sister ..My question was asking if siblings had any rights in try to find other siblings.

Mojisola

billyolly wrote: »

My question was asking if siblings had any rights in try to find other siblings.

You have no legal rights to force them to have contact with you - is that what you mean?

Nicki

No. In clear terms and as advised on all 3 threads now, NO BIRTH FAMILY MEMBERS have a legal right to information about a family member after they have been adopted AND ALL OFFICIAL RECORDS ARE SEALED OTHER THAN TO THE ADOPTED PERSON.

I am sorry that repeatedly asking this question isn't giving you the answer you want but the only way you will find this sibling is by advertising widely that you are looking for them and hoping that comes to their attention and that they contact you.

As I've said previously as someone who was adopted myself I would LOVE if my birth family could find me, as I haven't been able to trace them, but I have come to terms with the fact that this isn't possible under the current law.