Birth Family Search Alert! Birth mother seeking female Adoptee, born in Fall 1985! Please take the 23 and Me DNA test!
Above — Is this you? If so, your birth mother is looking for you!
From Minyoung Kim of Me and Korea:
“A birth mother is currently searching for her daughter, who was born in October 1985. In 1986, the birth father’s brother reportedly took the baby to a police station. It is unclear whether he reported the child as having been found or simply left her there. The birth mother only recently learned of these circumstances and has been trying to locate her ever since.
She heard about the photo display at Omma Poom and wanted to look through the photos, which is how I became connected with her. She has completed 23andMe DNA testing, but so far no matches have been found. She also tried to register her DNA at the police station in Korea, but was not allowed to complete the process. (It is very frustrating that the process is so complicated for birth families in Korea.) I plan to accompany her to the police station in May to help her do the DNA registration.
Could you please share this photo with the adoptee communities you belong to and ask around? Thanks.”
Backup email: paperslipadoptee@gmail.com
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*Paperslip Note: Please note that due to the frequent falsification of Adoptees’ birthdates by Korean Adoption Agencies, please look more at the photos than at the exact birth month specified in the birth family search post. The daughter being sought was born in October 1985, but your birth month may have been changed on your adoption documents. Therefore do NOT rule yourself out if you were born in a different month in 1985. Birth years may even have been changed (within reason). Please only reach out to Me and Korea if you REALLY think this may be you. Thank you!