How To Trace Your Family Tree If You Are Adopted

I'm adopted, how do I trace my family tree?

There is this myth that adoption is much harder to trace, and the rules about tracing natural parents have actually been tightened up in the last couple of years. You can go to the National Adoption Register and you can order an adoption certificate from the Family Records Center. Counselling is strongly advised because it is a very emotional search for both the person who is looking for parents and obviously the natural parents themselves. You do have to undertake various steps before these records will be released to you.