BIRTH FAMILY SEARCH

Proposed Services

The organization offers support for adoptees in finding their birth family in order to shed light on their pre-adoptive life story and to provide them with the missing pieces of the puzzle for their identity construction and personality consolidation.

OVER THE ADOPTEE

Search for birth data

Information on the place, day and exact time of birth, weight, height, etc.

Search for various documents and photos

Child’s medical records, orphan’s personal file, group photos, collecting testimonies, etc.

Search for friends from the orphanage

Search for the orphan’s bank account

Withdrawal of money (pension for loss of the breadwinner) paid to the orphan, in compliance with Russian legislation, as a result of the death of his parent (parents), and closure of the account

ADDITIONAL SERVICES

Connecting the adoptee with his orphanage and biological family

Acting as an intermediary, translation and interpretation services

Organization of a trip to the homeland

Drawing up a program and itinerary, meetings

OVER THE BIOLOGICAL FAMILY

Search for relatives and siblings

Discovery of places of residence, getting in contact

Request for obtaining vital records and establishment of family ties

Genealogical search, DNA analysis if necessary, search for information concerning deceased relatives

Search for various documents and photos

Orphan’s personal file, mother’s (and, possibly, father’s) medical records, search for schools attended, school documents and class photos, etc.

Establishment of a chronology of events

Writing of a family biography on the basis of testimonies collected from different sources and gathered documents

Search for circumstances of a relative’s death

Information on the place, day and cause of death

Search for graves

Information on the day of the funeral and burial place

Commitments and Guarantees

  • Assistance with the constitution of Russian identity documents, required authorizations and powers of attorney
  • Translation of administrative documents
  • Periodic reports on the progress of the search
  • Transparency in the results
  • Strict confidentiality of the procedure