How do people usually respond when reading their adoption records?

How do people usually respond when reading their adoption records?

Julia Feast (Search and Reunion Consultant) gives expert video advice on: Have adoptive people always been able to access data about their origins?; Will adoptive parents have any information about birth parents?; At what age can I obtain my birth records? and more...

Accessing information about yourself and your origins can have a huge emotional impact. People vary in the reactions they have. For some people it's fantastic because they have found so much more information and can understand the reasons they have been adopted, and also the good things that they have got from their adoptive family. For some people, they may have learned information that is upsetting and difficult and it may take some time to come to terms with the information they have heard.