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Adopted.com connects adoptees with their loved ones in West Bengal, India. We are a country-wide adoption reunion registry for India and the largest adoption registry in the world. If you’re looking to reunite with a loved one in West Bengal, simply complete our form in moments and potentially match immediately with a child, parent, or sibling. Adopted.com reunites families by mutual consent, without the requirement to access adoption records. It is simple, fast, and easy. And with our NameSearch and DNA features, your chances of making a connection in West Bengal are even better. Try Adopted.com now.
A Few of Our Members Currently Searching Within West Bengal Who Chose To Be Featured
1. AnitaMD : The state the adoption took place was Odisha, India. The adoption agency in India was called Subhadra Mahtab Seva Sadan (SMSS) in Odisha, India
2. Hema318 : I was born in Calcutta (Kolkata) in India in the West Bengal area in 1999. The name I was given when I was born was Hema (not given by my birth parents). I believe that my birth family is from the Paraganas district and the last name is Ghosh. The name of the adoption home was Matri Sneha.
3. BabySoni1982 : I was born in Calcutta (Kolkata) in India. I was found in front of hospital‚ but maybe my mother gave birth and left me there for adoption. I don’t know the exact hospital‚ I was born in‚ it was a Government Hospital. I was in need of medical support as I was underweight (1750g at the age of 3 monts).
For one month I was in the "Park Children Center" (4‚ Victoria Terrace‚ Calcutta 700-017).
As "Baby Soni" I was named in the adoption papers of "Terre des Hommes India Society"‚ the organisation with which managed my first 15 months and organised my flight to Geneva in Switzerland.
I grew up near Bern‚ the city in which I still live today.
4. Kalu : My daughter was adopted in Calcutta / Kolkata on November 1984 by a family who lived in the same city. She was adopted from Mother Teresa’s orphanage. I was told that the adopting father was a medical doctor.
6. Moongirl : Reaching out for help finding my birth mother
My name is Chandrabala‚ adopted to Sweden my name has been shortened to Chandra – but whenever I’m in India I use my full Bengali name. I grew up with a single adoptive mother just outside Sweden’s third biggest city Malmö. Growing up‚ my adoptive mother has always kept India ‘alive’ for me‚ telling me about this big beautiful country I was born in and encourage me to find my way back whenever I was ready for it.
So far I have been back to India six times: 1998‚ 2008‚ 2010‚ 2013‚ 2017‚ and 2020. And in December this year it’s time again‚ my seventh journey back is booked‚ and I will be in Kolkata for six weeks.
In February 2020 I was in Kolkata for a month‚ celebrating my 35th birthday with my Indian friends around Sudder Street and on the day of my birthday: a friend took me around Salkia‚ the place where I was born – before that emotions had kept me from making it over Howrah bridge. A birthday is a celebration‚ but it also means that for a many moments of that day I spend time thinking about my birth mother. Does she know it’s that day? Does she think of me‚ remember me? Is it with joy or sadness? Questions are many and answers are few when being adopted. It doesn’t matter where I am on that day‚ those thoughts are always in my head.
For me‚ being adopted does not equal happy. Being adopted means that you will come to a new family‚ new country‚ new culture‚ new language‚ new religion and traditions. But it also means being separated from the same. I have never accepted this. I have also never accepted when people have told me that I should feel lucky being adopted‚ that I did not have to grow up in poverty or any other condition we see in this country. I always try to explain to people that for me that does not make a difference.
If I had grown up in Howrah I would not have known anything else than that‚ my life would have been the same as anyone else here. Just like I would never known anything else than Sweden‚ had I stayed there and never returned.
Born i Salkia‚ Howrah in 1985‚ to an unwed mother at only sixteen. When I was three days old she left me to Indian Society and Rehabilitation of Children ISRC‚ in Calcutta. I know my birth mothers full name and that I was born in her home in Salkia. I fully understand that she‚ at such a young age‚ was not capable of taking care of me and therefor I have never felt any anger or sadness towards her. I have also‚ through my journeys back to India over the years come to understand more about how Indian society works and the social stigma that comes with having a child outside marriage. For whatever reason I was left by her‚ I still feel‚ and have always felt: a longing back to India and to know my own story prior to my adoption.
I made some efforts searching during my trip in 2017‚ with the Indian law being changed in 2016 – giving adopted children the right to see their documents I put my hope to this law and for months before leaving Sweden I asked ISRC to locate my file for me to see when I arrived. I was disappointed when I arrived‚ that they had not even tried to find it or even listen to my appeal‚ even though I also had a letter of reference from my adoption agency in Sweden asking ISRC to help me.
I am very well aware I can not just come knocking on my birth mothers door as this might cause disturbance in her life. That’s why I need a ‘middleman/woman’ – someone who can make that first contact and give her the choice to see me or not. If she says no – yes‚ it will hurt and I would be very disappointed – but I would know that she is alive and well and she would know where to find me if whenever ready to make contact.
I know that what I am asking for is looking for a needle in in a haystack of over a billion people. But I also know that if I don’t continue to at least try I will regret it for the rest of my life.
What I am looking for is someone with knowledge of the Indian social system: a lawyer‚ social worker or a journalist. You‚ whoever answers‚ is my last chance.
Best Regards
Chandrabala
8. Usafgal2007 : Actual birthdate is unknown. I was left at or near the International Mission of Hope Orphanage in Calcutta India in September of 1988. I was roughly 3ish months old.
10. Anima : Hi my name was anima I was adopted from the society of Indian SICW children’s welfare on 22 Col.biswas rd in Calcutta India.
I was born on may 8th 1988
I was adopted in 1990 in the month of march
I was taken to the U.S.
I can not open my birth records with out a court order ..
I know my mother’s Name was Mita Mondol
My father’s name was Sapna
but I don’t know who.to contact or what to do. Please. Help I will. Always love my birth parents and family for giving me life.
12. Surina : I was born in Calcutta, India on April 8, 1984 or April 11, 1984. I was born at Sri Krishna Nursing Home. I was place for adoption through International Mission of Hope and left the orphanage on July 8,1984. I was said to have "club feet" to expedite the adoption process. My birth name was "Meghan Elizabeth". I am looking for any relatives or pictures of my biological family.
13. Indian1971 : I supposedly was born on September 1st 1971. At some point I was in jail called krishnagar jail? From the jail I was put in a orphanage called International Mission of Hope which was run and Founding by Cherie Clark. No records exactly how old I was when I arrived at the orpange. I left International Mission of Hope on June 10th 1980 and was adopted into United States!
14. Nicholaswheel : Hello, my named Nicholas wheeler. i am orginally from calcutta india, i am look for my birth parent or where i was born in orphanage
15. Labanya : I have some papers that say that I was born to a unmarried mother who relinquished me to the authorities of International mission of hope child care center right after my birth. I think I was born somewhere around noon.
My nursery name was Labonya.
I took a DNA test through my heritage DNA, which claimed that I am about 33% from either China Vietnam, Malesia, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand or Kambodza, but I’m not convinced that the test was liable.
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Buffalo, New York
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San Diego, California
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Wadesboro, North Carolina
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Tracy, California
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Northampton, Massachusetts
Took me about 2 hrs to find a match. I contacted him and he is my brother! Thank you so much!
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MODESTO, California
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Springfield, Missouri
I filled out my profile and had a match to my birth parents that same day! We connected on Facebook and talked for
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Jacksonville, Florida
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New York, United States of America
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