[Jannyroo]

For all those searching for their bmothers/adopted son or daughter, I just wanted to mention that my son had searched using the adoption agency that held his records. I had written to the original agency when he was 16 and left details and a letter for him. This was passed to the current agency, when the other closed down.

They wrote to me at the address on the letter, but could not find me there. I'd moved to my current address which happens to be on the same road.

For some reason I'm not sure of, they didn't find me on the electoral roll at my current address, which they should have done. My surname remained the same until 2005 when I changed it by Deed poll.

I had left a letter for my son in his file that told him where I'd studied and subject. He put this information into Friends Reunited and I was the first person he tried. I was that person he was searching for.

A smart move in my opinion was that he gave the name and phone number of an intermediary from the adoption agency or I could contact him through Friends Reunited. I chose to phone the agency to "ease" into the situation as I was scared as to what kind of person I would now find. My son was 28 the same month of first contact. I phoned the agency the very next day.

I wish you all the same success, but hope that this snippet of information may help when all other resources have failed. Note: the Friends Reunited have me registered by my maiden name as I was at the university, not as my name now.

I hope this helps