Birthfamily / Orphanage Search Outcome

I want to post an e-mail sent to Tony and Tanya Carruthers (the searchers who found my son's birthfamily- link to right "Post Adopt Birthparent Seek") by a young lady who was adopted from Russia and now lives in the US. She has given me permission for this post. Many people often wonder how a child will feel about receiving this kind of information. This may be a little window into our children's soul.


seek, search, & sometimes find

Posted by: "evana"

Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:53 pm

For what reason do we seek, search, & sometimes find? Perhaps for A little piece of mind, or to

discover some sort of truth. I got a chance to find some answers & take a glimpse back in time.

Time and a place i thought no longer existed. like a far, desolate place i would never find.

People that i would never get to see again, memories(vague) i wouldn't be able to

validate/confirm... However the case is, i did find those answers, i found some answers to my

past. Answers to some often pondered questions.With the gracious help of Tony & Tanya, they

found the orphanage i grew up in. They found what i could call "home" for the first 7 years of my

life, and discovered some valuable info. They discovered the orphanage still stands today and

continues to serve needy children, with the help of some dedicated staff. I was surprised to hear

that a few of the staff that took care of me (15+ years ago) still continue to work there today.

Even better, they remembered me!! I honestly didn't even think the orphanage would stands

today. I guess I'm just so use to this fast paste, always changing, culture of America. It was so

comforting/great to see it all again, though. One day soon i would like to go see it for myself. Just

to be back there, i feel it is so much needed.I'm also happy i got out when i did though. I don't

think most of the kids ever get adopted, and I'm sad to wonder what happens to them after they

reach the prime age. Anyway, thanks Tony & Tanya!!

Evana


I also want to clarify that Mary at Russian Search/Translation/ Call Service (link to right) helped me find my son's last sister that was not found on the first search.

Find Birthsiblings of Children Adopted From Russia

With so much going on right now- I cannot formulate a big long post about finding my son's siblings. I hope to soon. ONLY if their mother is amenable to it. I will not post anymore personal info or photos unless I have her ok.

Anyway- this information is needed and I will write more about what you can do to find a child's birthsiblings or birthparents.

I wrote in this post about Natasha. She told me what is needed according to Russian authorities to find a sibling of an adopted child from Russia. An adopted sibling of an adopted child from Russia. Get it? Here goes:

• Write a short letter requesting to contact the other adoptive parents


• Mail the original letter and a translation of the letter to the address of the Ministry of Education supervising your particular region.


• The Ministry of Education will send a letter to you acknowledging receipt of your request.


• The Ministry of Education will contact the other adoptive parents.


• The Ministry of Education will send you a second letter with the decision of the other adoptive parents.

Unfortunately the process takes some time.

Natasha can do the research to find the right address for the corresponding Office of the MOE or Center of Guardianship and Adoption for your Region.

By the law Ministry of Education handles this type of request, and they are the only ones required by law to respond to your request.

Again, there is a link to Natasha's web site in the title.

My Russian Roots

Natasha lives in Phoenix, AZ. She was born in Saratov, Russia. She has tried several times to help me find my son's birthsiblings- never charging me a penny. We are still working on it. It looks as if his siblings are in America somewhere. Somewhere.....

Anyway- I wanted adoptive parents of Russian born children to know that she is available. She will translate letters and even translate on a three-way call to Russia for you.

I learned of her after I paid a searcher to find my son's birthfamily. I am happy with both services. I will post about my searcher at a later time.


click on the title of the post to be directed to her site.