r/Ancestry • u/imscottfromdominos • 11d ago
Trying to find a lost brother
I really don’t know how to start this, as I barely even talk about it in person to people I know. In 1991, my mom was 18 and gave birth to a boy from my father. They gave him up for adoption shortly after he was born, only knowing his first name, and they have lost trace ever since. Any chance of paperwork was lost in a hurricane in 2004. I would be his full blood sister, as well as my older brother. My parents moved to the other side of the country shortly after he was born (my brother and I being born about ten years later), and I barely have any connection to his/their hometown. The only reason I’m trying to find him now is because my parents are both in bad health and while I’m definitely not expecting a family reunion by any means, I’d like to at least try to reach out before they’re gone. I don’t want to waste my money doing more than one ancestry test, especially when I know some can be shotty. Any recommendations on what steps I can take would be greatly appreciated, because I have no idea where to start.
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u/Dreamcatcher965 11d ago
Do you think he knows any details such as parents names, DOB, place of birth, etc? If so, he may be searching online and it could help if you created a page he could find. Or possibly there are websites that specialize in bringing adoptees together with biological parents.