Will adoptive parents have any information about birth parents?

Will adoptive parents have any information about birth parents?

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...

When people are adopted, the adoptive parents are usually given information about the adopted person, particularly today, where there's usually lots of information passed over. But in years gone by, when adoption was first legalized up until the seventies and eighties, the amount of information maybe varied. Some could be limited and some could have a lot more. So it's hard to say whether adoptive parents will always have a great deal of information, but they should have some information to help an adopted person progress their search and also to give them some details about their family.