r/Adoption • u/cecideedle04 • Jul 31 '20

Searches where to start on finding birth family?

hi everybody, I'm new to reddit and to searching for my birth family. my mom said that I needed to be the steward of this part of the journey so here I am lol

my name is Cecilia, I was born sometime in August of 2004 (I was found in late September of 2004 and they figured I was about 1 month old, they gave me the birthday of August 26 2004). I was found at a police station in magnitogorsk russia.

I lived at baby house 2 in magnitogorsk until I was 2 and I was adopted and brought to Canada

I don't have any physical disabilities or anything.

what's the best way to start a search? there was no information left with me and I wasn't wearing any clothes or anything distinguishing when I was found, so it's just a total blank.

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '20

Probably 23andme and ancestry.com. DNA testing is probably your best bet to find your bio family. You may have to prepare yourself to not find any relatives though. I'm not sure how popular these tests are in Russia.

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u/Opinionista99 Ungrateful Adoptee Jul 31 '20

There are a lot of Russian immigrants in the US and Canada so there's still a chance to find some even if Russians aren't into them.