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Member Since: August 2019 Posts: 8 Send Message	Margaret	Report	8 Aug 2021 21:00
Member Since: August 2019 Posts: 8 Send Message	Does Genes Reunited cover adoption records if the adopters have passed away as well as the birth parent and where would I look for the information? Thank you
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 7,007 Send Message	nameslessone	Report	8 Aug 2021 21:32
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 7,007 Send Message	Adoption records are never made public. Anyone who has been formally adopted can apply for their records. Look at the Gov.uk website.
Member Since: August 2019 Posts: 8 Send Message	Margaret	Report	8 Aug 2021 22:19
Member Since: August 2019 Posts: 8 Send Message	Thank you for replying to me Margaret
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 49,504 Send Message	Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it	Report	9 Aug 2021 08:52
	Do you know the birth parent name ?
	Researching: Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 63,515 Send Message	ErikaH	Report	9 Aug 2021 10:03
	ONLY the adoptee can access his or her records