What can go wrong when searching for my birth family?

What can go wrong when searching for my birth family?

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...

Many things can be difficult when trying to trace birth family members. For example, not everyone actually locates their birth family. Hopefully there will be information there to help an adopted person search and find, but sometimes searches come to a dead end and they don't actually locate the birth relative that they want to. Now, that doesn't happen very often, but it can happen. Also, searching can be costly if you're having to get lots of certificates to sort of try and locate adopted people. But other things that may go wrong is you may not get the outcome you want, and that's why it's very important adopted people have the opportunity to talk to someone who knows about adoption search and union, and can help them think about some of the things that they need to consider before they embark upon a search for birth relatives.