Adoption Search Services - All States
Research Etc., Inc. has been very successful in reuniting birth families in Arizona and all over the United States. Whether you have scads of information or virtually no information surrounding the adoption, we can help. Because our firm specializes in adoption search work, we are very sensitive to the emotional issues surrounding triad members (adoptees, birth family, and adoptive family.) Our goal is to uphold the highest moral standards by considering the wishes of all involved.
Because each adoption search is unique in all aspects, we strive to tailor our search to your special circumstances by allowing you to play an active roleirst contact. By having an intermediary act on your behalf, it gives everyone a chance to voice their wishes and/or prepare for contact. You can only imagine what it would be like to be in the middle of a dinner party with 10 people and the phone rings. Naturally you answer it and hear, "Hi! Remember me? I am the daughter you relinquished 30 years ago." or "Hi! I am your birth father!" and maybe you didn't know you were even adopted.
These scenarios create a devastating situation for everyone involved as the person on the receiving end has nowhere to run and no time to prepare and the caller may feel instant rejection by the answerer's response. As experienced adoption searchers and intermediaries, we know how to handle these situations delicately and give the search subject a chance to digest the phone call and think about what they want to do. In a nutshell, having an intermediary makes the transition much smoother and easier for all involved.
Because each adoption search is unique in all aspects, we strive to tailor our search to your special circumstances by allowing you to play an active role in the search. We provide you with updates and allow you to be as much or as little involved as you wish. We are aware that money doesn't grow on trees for most people and that's why we help you to keep your costs at a minimum. We can perform your entire search from beginning to end, we can pick up where you've left off, or we can do only a select portion of your search for you. We reunite adoptees with birth parents and other family members such as siblings, aunts and uncles.
Two of Research Etc.'s investigators are also Certified Arizona Confidential Intermediaries. Kristen Hamilton and Judy Andrews are trained and certified by the Arizona Supreme Court to facilitate reunions when desired among adult adoptees, birth parents and adoptive parents if the adoption took place in the state of Arizona. The program is designed to be confidential, economical and there is no waiting list. For more information, click the link below:
What is the Arizona Confidential Intermediary Program?
If your adoption or relinquishment took place in a state other than Arizona, please check our listings on All States' Programs & Reunion Registries to see if your state has a Confidential Intermediary Program.
BIRTHLINE® Reunion Registry
Research Etc. Inc.’s Adoption Search Registry
This birth registry is open to ALL birth family members, 21 and over, seeking birth children or grandchildren, birth parents or grandparents, birth nieces or nephews, and birth siblings.
For links to other online registries, check out Lias Registries Page
by Research, Etc. (These stories are not included in Back to the Beginning)
These links may be of interest to you:
Suggested Readings for TRIAD Members
There are emotional issues surrounding the adoption triad (adoptees, birth family, and adoptive family) members. These books can help understand the nature of adoption and the relationships among the adoption triad.
If you’ve read a great book not listed here, we’d love to recommend it to our triad readers.
Please send the title of the book and author to us at RSearchEtc@aol.com and we will add it to our list!
Please call us at 800-992-3571 or email RSearchEtc@aol.com if you would like to discuss having Research Etc., Inc. perform your adoption search. There is no charge to discuss your search options with us and never an obligation.
