Is searching for birth relatives the thing to do?

Is searching for birth relatives the thing to do?

Julia Feast (Search and Reunion Consultant) gives expert video advice on: How do I start looking for my birth family?; Are the birth family able to search for an adopted child?; Why do people decide to search for their birth family? and more...

Searching for birth relatives is a personal decision, but what's good about England and Whales is that people have the choice to search if they want to. Adopted people in this country can obtain a copy of their original birth certificate which will give them the identifying information they need to search for birth parents. So to say whether it's right is difficult, it has to be right for that particular person. For some adopted people searching for birth relatives is what they want to do, and what they need to do. For others they just don't want to go there at all.