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Adopted.com is your global Reunion Registry where you can look for family members you are out of touch with due to an adoption or other separation, anywhere in the world. We are growing as we increase our membership by hundreds per day! People love how many more reunions can be accomplished by having one global place for everyone to reunite!
The Adopted.com Reunion Registry is a user-friendly global database designed to facilitate reunions between adoptees, birth parents, adopted siblings, and other biological family members. Members create a profile with information, such as birth dates and location details. The registry's proprietary matching system instantly checks your profile against over 1,257,091 other profiles to identify potential family connections.
A Mutual Consent type of registry is a system where two people must both express a desire to be found before their contact information is shared. It is a privacy-first approach to reunions. On Adopted.com, a match occurs only when the information provided by both parties aligns, ensuring that the reunion is desired by both the searcher and the person being sought.
Adopted.com is a voluntary reunion registry, while MyHeritage, Ancestry, and 23andMe are DNA-based genealogy services. DNA sites require a physical saliva sample and match you based on biological markers. Adopted.com matches you based on shared information (dates, locations, and names) that you provide. This makes it an ideal choice for those who want to find family without the privacy concerns of sharing genetic data or for those who have already done DNA testing and want to expand their search to a specialized adoption community.It is also very common for DNA testing sites to find only distant relatives, which can make it difficult or impossible to bridge the connection.
We're glad you asked. Registration is intended for anyone who has been involved in an adoption, foster care, refugee situation, or any other circumstance resulting in separation from family or biological parents.
Absolutely. Adopted.com is designed for all members of the "adoption triad" and their extended families. This includes biological siblings, half-siblings, and even grandparents. When registering, you can specify your relationship to the person you are looking for, and our matching algorithm will look for corresponding entries from siblings or other relatives.
Registration is simple, fast, and takes only a few moments to complete. You begin by providing basic details about yourself and the person you are searching for. Key information typically includes:
Who you are trying to find (birth parent, adopted child, sibling or family member).
The gender of the adopted person
Your date of birth (or the approximate date).
The country where the adoption took place.
When the adoption took place
After your registration is complete it will be available for others to view. You can make adjustments to and search on any one of your profiles at any time to see your percentage matches.
Enter as much information as you currently have access to. The registry's matching algorithm works with approximate dates and general location details and expands the matching to include a range of dates. The more specific the information, the more chances of an immediate and accurate match, however it is specially designed to find leads for your search even with very little information.
The matching process is instant. As soon as you complete and submit your registry profile, the system immediately runs a comparison against all existing profiles in the database. If there is a strong potential match, you are notified right away.
Matches are generated based on the detailed information provided by both parties related to dates, locations, and gender of adoptee. The registry aims for a high degree of confidence. While the registry offers instant potential matches, users can also utilize DNA tests (through partnering services like MyHeritage Ancestry, MyHeritage, etc.) as a supplementary tool to look for and confirm biological relationships
Your membership allows you to search Adopted.com and view your percentage search results. Without a paid subscription you cannot view the profiles of people in your search results. If you would like to become a paid subscriber, go to your Membership page and click on SUBSCRIBE. Please note that you do not have to become a paid subscriber unless you wish to.
Protecting member privacy is a priority. The registry is designed to be confidential and uses encrypted connections. Your sensitive contact information is not publicly displayed and all messages are handled within your member account. The site adheres to a strict privacy policy which dictates how your data is stored, shared, and used solely for the purpose of facilitating a reunion match. We also offer Multi Factor Authentication for added security for your account.
The only information people can see about you is your member name and the information you have included in the 'Personal Message' area of your profiles. It is wise not to post any private information on your profile, including phone numbers and email addresses.
Adopted.com is your Global Reunion Registry, and operates by mutual consent. Each profile and all information on the site has been submitted by individuals visiting us voluntarily. Information is updated instantly when a profile is added or changed.
When a message is sent within the website we send the recipient a courtesy email to let them know there is a message waiting for them.
No. You do not have to pay to view messages that people send you and you do not have to pay to reply to those messages.
No. One of our core principles is ensuring that communication is accessible. If you have a paid subscription and send a message to a match, the recipient can read and reply to that message for free. This ensures that a potential reunion is never blocked because the other party is unable or unwilling to pay at that moment. We cover this cost entirely on our side.
You can find biological parents by joining our Mutual Consent Registry, Adopted.com. By entering known facts, such as dates and locations, our algorithm compares your data against hundreds of thousands of birth parents who have also registered their information. If a "Mutual Match" is found, you can connect directly through our secure messaging system.
Yes. Adopted.com is partnered with and supportive of major DNA services. While our registry does not offer DNA tests itself, we encourage our members to utilize these services. You can even upload your DNA data to your Adopted.com profile and we will cross-reference it with other members in our database. If there is a DNA lead, you will be notified right away.
No. Adopted.com is a private, peer-to-peer registry and is designed to work without access to sealed government or court records. Our service overcomes the roadblock created by sealed records by allowing birth parents, adoptees, and other family members to voluntarily post their information. When the data provided by both parties matches, a connection is made, bypassing the need for official state-held documents or private agency records.
Creating a membership is free at this time. If you want to become a paid subscriber you can do more on Adopted.com than you can with a simple membership, including viewing other people's profiles and sending messages to others. It is not necessary to become a paid subscriber in order to post your search in the system.
A paid subscription includes all premium features, such as:
The ability to view profiles of other registry members.
Secure, private messaging to contact potential matches.
Additional search methods like NameSearch™ that enables searching across Adopted.com and even additional historical records by date, birth names, hospitals, and more.
That is perfectly acceptable! The point is to sign up so that people know you are looking. If you find that your percentage matches improve over time you can upgrade to a paid subscription. Or you can wait to be contacted first. There is no pressure.
To upgrade to a paid subscription simply log in, click on Membership, and then make your selection there to subscribe. You may also cancel at any time, again on the Membership page. The current monthly rate is always posted right on your personal Membership page in your local currency, for your reference.
For your convenience we accept Visa, MasterCard, Bank Account payments, and PayPal, which can include a wide variety of payment cards such as debit cards.
If you are not registered, please click on Register, above. If you are already registered and require assistance getting access to your account, please click on Sign In and then click on the link for help getting into your account.
If you would like to stop showing your profile to others please log in, go to the Matches page, and click on Edit Profile for the profile you wish to stop showing. At the bottom of the page select 'Profile is inactive'. Don't forget to save your changes! Once this is done nobody will be able to view that profile until you activate it again.
To cancel a paid subscription please log in and go to your Membership page where you have complete control of your subscription. If you are having trouble logging in, there is a link on the Log In page with an interactive system that will assist you in accessing your account even if you have forgotten important account information.
As per our policies we are not able to offer refunds for subscription fees that have already been processed, since the service has already been used and cannot be returned. Remember that registration on the site is free and that payment is only necessary if you wish to have access to paid features. Subscribe and cancel as often as you wish on your Membership page.
We are here to support you! Please click on Support, below, to reach us personally.
Satisfaction for Adopted.com members is our highest priority, so we reply to all inquiries within one business day of receiving them (more often sooner).
