Ontario Opens Original Birth Certificates for Adopted Adults

re: Ontario Opens Original Birth Certificates for Adopted Adults

annie argento aka leigh harris — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:16:12 GMT

my name is annie for as long as i can remember

i am 21 years old and i am searching for my birth father

i wrote the name that he gave me since this is a website for ontario people i know my dad kirk lived there at some point

i read all these stories about adoptees finding their biological parents and i desperately want to find my father. so kirk harris if you are out there just know that your little girl leigh is looking for you. there isnt a day that goes by without me hopeing that the phone rings and that someone found you and that you are willing to talk.

i hope you are out there and well.

re: Ontario Opens Original Birth Certificates for Adopted Adults

Sheri — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:24:34 GMT

Actually I agree with you. This is obviously something adoptees deserve and should have.

But, Shannon, you are way over the edge with the second class citizen status. Really.

re: Ontario Opens Original Birth Certificates for Adopted Adults

Shannon LC Cate — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:35:38 GMT

Sheri, I'm glad you don't have any negative "issues" about your own adopted status. But I hardly think I'm going overboard when thousands of people are lobbying for the opening of records every day. Whether you care about accessing your own records, you have a right to them.

Obviously, as an adoptive mother, I understand that adoptive parents are "real" parents. But my children have a fundamental right to their own birth certificates.

re: Ontario Opens Original Birth Certificates for Adopted Adults

Sunrise — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:01:04 GMT

This means the world to my son.

He is reunited with us (me, his father and all of his siblings).

He has already applied and is very happy that I didn't put in a disclosure veto (I would not do that to him anyway).

Some people may not think much of this, but to others like my son, it is important.

It is having the option that matters, even if you don't use it.

re: Ontario Opens Original Birth Certificates for Adopted Adults

Sheri — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:36:12 GMT

Wow!!! You mean I'm NOT a first class citizen???

Thanks. I'll be calling a shrink soon, I mean, I don't have my original birth certificate and I'm not losing sleep over it.

I would like to see it sure, but I'm not losing sleep over it's contents.

I think you, once again, are a little over the top with this stuff. Really.

re: Ontario Opens Original Birth Certificates for Adopted Adults

PJ — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:32:42 GMT

Finally!

Origins Canada has lots of people listed on their site who are searching for family members, too.

Search and reunion listings: http://tinyurl.com/o65zwn

re: Ontario Opens Original Birth Certificates for Adopted Adults

karen — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:06:42 GMT

This is great!!!

For those still searching check out my website

adoptionsearchsteps.com

Thanks