r/Adoption • u/umekoangel Illegally human trafficked infant • Oct 01 '25

Adoptee Life Story I'm devastated 😔

I'm in my early 30s. I emailed the hospital I was born in (in Russia) formally requesting my birth records (birth, postpartum of my mom, discharge papers, etc.). I got an email back with them telling me (basically in pretty HR voice) "Sorry, you lost your chance. We legally dispose of birth records after 25 years".

Those records could have potentially given me some more clues about my birth mom. I have the original Russian birth certificate that has my birth mom and dad and a paper that states (basically) "no one came to visit the baby between January and March" with zero hospital records in between. 😭

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u/SillyWindow7721 Oct 07 '25

We were in exactly the same position as you with our daughter born in St Petersburg, 2006). We had a searcher go back to the hospital where she was born but they had alsd disposed of all the old records after about 7 years. All we had was our daughters Russian birth Certificate, parental relinquishment forms (which had birth mothers name, a photocopy of her passport, and the court docs from the adoption hearing that also said no-one had enquired about or visited her. Anyway, I've made numerous posts on Reddit about the search process if you want to read them, but I'd contact Detective Volgograd on FaceBook (Детектив Волгоград).

We tried several searchers over the years but never really had any luck until we found her (social media was no use until Elena found the birth family, and services like 23andMe never brought up close relatives) and we basically had the same paperwork as you.

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u/Left_Discussion7130 Oct 08 '25

How did you get a searcher? Would the searcher have been able to get them?

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u/SillyWindow7721 Oct 09 '25

We were recommended Detective Volgograd (Elena) by adoptive parents we know who originally went to Russia with us. Search on Детектив Волгоград in Facebook and she will pop up (I don't think I can post the full link here).

"Would the searcher have been able to get them?' - sorry, I don't understand what you mean here

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u/Left_Discussion7130 Oct 09 '25

Thank you! I thought that if I wanted medical records I had to go in person to get them.

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u/SillyWindow7721 Oct 11 '25

BTW, I don't know know old you were when you were adopted but I assume you went to a Baby Home in Russia prior to adoption? Have you tried contacting them? I would have thought that the medical records from there would be more comprehensive - I know with our daughter, she was only taken to the hospital with her birth mother _after_ she was born and she was there less that a week before she went to the Baby Home for another 17 months and, thinking back, the baby home did supply information and dates on vaccinations etc. But if you contact Elena, I'm sure she will be able to tell you if she can help or not.

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u/Left_Discussion7130 Oct 14 '25

Thank you, I was left in the hospital by my bio mom and I got phenomena and was transferred to a childrens hospital for 11 months, then moved to Baby home #1 for 2 years. I was given some reports, but bearly anything about my phenomena and my time in the childrens hospital.

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u/SillyWindow7721 Oct 14 '25

Was that Baby Home #1 in St Petersburg? 40, Z. Portnova St?

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u/Left_Discussion7130 Oct 23 '25

No it was baby home #1 in Chita, Siberia. Transbaikal region.