DNA testing can help you find members of your biological family. To find a relative using DNA, you both need to have taken a DNA test...

Undated photo of a Native American, "Baby Boy Quince," at the Protestant Home for Babies in New Orleans, Louisiana. (The language in this...

Between 1854 and 1929, a quarter million abandoned babies and “street rats” (as the older children were referred to by police) left slums...

The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade. by Ann Fessler Order this book! ...

For information regarding adoptions, a person is required to file with the Clerk what is formally called a Motion (or Petition) for...

The Baby Scoop Era was a period in history starting after the end of World War II and ending in the early 1970s, characterized by an...

The battle over opening up birth certificates for adults adopted as children ended in a stalemate Tuesday at the State Capitol. The...