I changed the subject line to reflect the topic better. I have found that a key detail can be a tale tale sign of adoption. With my exhusband's adoption, he was 17 years old, and it actually had to be legally done so he could get his driver's license. He was born in 1974, and back then, his parents just brought him home from the hospital, there was no legal paperwork done. He's NEVER seen his biological mother, only knows her name. So at the age of 17 they took him and had him legally adopted. He was issued a bith certificate, and of course it had his adopted parents' names on it.
BUT, the seal by which it was certified, that was dated in the year 1991. Original, unaltered birth certificates are generally certified within a few months of the birth, or at least I've found thus far. Even an issue of a copy of a birth cert shows that it is a certified COPY. (I had to have my own reissued after many years of abuse and it fell apart. Always pay attention to the certification date. --- Tim Willis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, I adopted my twin sons who were originally from > my wife and a previous relationship. They were > issued new birth cirtificates with my name as the > father, and the originals to their biological father > were sealed. I also do have the cirtificates of > adoption. > > Of course, I have the whole thing documented in > Legacy, but to some future genealogist/family > historian who does not have my research at their > disposal, finding my boys birth certificates with my > name will certainly blur the line if the genealogist > did not know enough to look for the adoption papers! > > Like someone said, alas, the courts and governments > have a lot of material that genealogists use, but > they are not in the business of genealogy. > > Tim > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Larry Darnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Sent: Tuesday, October 9, 2007 11:39:11 PM > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] same sex relationships > > > It is a very common situation. I was also adopted > at birth and my adoption > was not finalized in the court for two years. When > the adoption was > finalized, my name was legally changed from "Baby > Boy Johnson" and my birth > certificate was re-issued with the names of my > adoptive parents as my mother > and father. My original birth certificate was > sealed by court order. > > I do have my adoption papers, but my original birth > certificate is still > sealed. Only a precious few states allow access to > those certificates when > adoptees turn 18. > > In Legacy I list my adopted parents as my "main" > parents and I have set the > child status for me to "adopted." That is because I > have ancestor > information for them and know nothing about by birth > mother or her family. > But, I also added my birth mother with the name I > have for her (I am not > sure at this point if it is her married or maiden > name) and I am linked to > her as my second parent with a status of > "biological". > > Larry > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of GBallard > Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 9:13 PM > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] same sex relationships > > > Kirstin, > > I am adopted. I live in California and am 41 years > old. My birth > certificate shows my adoptive parents only. As > Elaine mentioned, my birth > certificate is a re-issue. I know the date when my > adoption was final, but > I have not seen the actual adoption papers. > > Glen Ballard > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Check out the hottest 2008 models today at Yahoo! > Autos. > http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages: > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > > Online technical support: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > Jess M Proud to be Single Mom to CJ-9 Jo-7 Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
