The first time I held my original birth certificate, I was in my 50s. I’d spent a lifetime knowing that I was adopted. I was loved, supported and grateful for my family, but still missing the first ...

A birth certificate is a private document, unlike DNA testing, which is very public. Healing within the adoptee experience includes having access to their birth certificate. By granting access to ...

California has long been a leader in civil rights, but there is one glaring exception: adult adoptees in our state are still denied the right to obtain their own original birth certificates. This ...

HARTFORD — Adoptees got one step closer to accessing their original birth certificates Monday when the Judiciary Committee voted 26-10 to send the bill back to the Senate. The bill previously passed ...

MINNEAPOLIS — In the five months since Minnesota's new adoption law took effect, 2,800 Minnesotans have requested an original copy of their birth certificate, impacting countless others in the process ...

Guests who do not use a passport to board a Disney cruise should plan ahead for documentation changes.Effective immediately, Disney Cruise Line says guests must show an original birth certificate.