Adopted Adults
Support and information for Adopted Adults over 18 years old
Welcome to the Adopted Adults team who provide advice and support to help adopted adults over 18 years and are looking to:
- Obtain a certified copy of your birth certificate
- Access birth records
- Find out about birth parents and/or relatives
- Contact with birth family/relatives
Our experienced team support adults of all ages, helping them to find out about their past before they were adopted.
Adopt South’s Adopted Adults team manage adopted adult enquiries from residents who live in Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and Southampton local authorities. For people living outside our region, please contact your local authority who will like ourselves, obtain information for you.
For more information, please contact our Keeping in Touch and Adopted Adults Advice and Support Line on 03707 795 000. We are open Monday to Thursday 8.30 am-5pm, and Fridays 8.30am–4.30pm or email us on [email protected]. We aim to reply to all enquiries within one working day. We are not open on Bank Holidays.
Contact with Birth Family
and/or Relatives
If you are looking to have some form of contact with your birth family and/or a relative(s), we will support and help you with the process and potential arrangements. Where this is possible, Adopt South will manage the relationship(s) between the adopted person and/or a relative(s). This can be in the form of written communication (letterbox contact) or whereby you meet a relative(s).
In some situations, where both parties agree to meet and the union is successful, both parties can ask us not to be involved with further arrangements. However, support for the adopted adult is always available regardless of the outcome.
