April 15, 2021

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Central European Genetic Genealogy Resources & Adoptee Assistance

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      • Visit Hungary to Find Cousins in New Jersey
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      • Locating Old Parish and Civil Records
      • Translating Civil Records – Births
      • Translating Civil Records – Marriages
      • Translating Civil Records – Deaths
      • Translating Parish Records – Births
      • Translating Parish Records – Marriages
      • Translating Parish Records – Deaths
    • Adoptee Guide
      • Adoptee Guide Part 1: Getting Started
      • Adoptee Guide Part 2: DNA Testing
  • Adoptee Stories
    • Doris and the Schuesslers of Los Angeles
    • The Trump Babies of Milwaukee
    • The Bellanich Family: Research to Reunion
    • Joan’s Story
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Adoptee

Why Adoptees Should Have Unrestricted Access to Birth Records

In the 1930s and 1940s, due to social stigmas and climbing rates of unwed pregnancy, many states began creating adoptee privacy laws. Through the late 1960s, the shame surrounding illegitimacy […]

Adoptee

Using the California Birth Index to find Biological Parents

Most adoptees are issued two birth certificates. The original document, containing information about the child’s biological parent(s), is sealed, or hidden by the state. A second document, or amended birth […]

23andMe

Spitting for Science: The Truth about DNA Testing and Privacy

In late October 1997, the film Gattaca was released and quietly flopped at the box office. The dystopian-future sci-fi film tells the story of Vincent Freeman (Ethan Hawke), a product […]

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