Is there a time when sealed adoption records in California are made public?
My mother was born in San Francisco in 1923 and was adopted by wonderful parents who lived in Berkeley, CA. They were my grandparents and I loved them deeply. My mother tried to find out about her biological parents when she was in her 70's and all she received was information about their appearance, health and that her mother was of Scotch- Irish ancestry and her father was of German ancestry and how old they were at the time of her birth.
My mom passed away in 2016 at the age of 93 and never knew the names of her biological parents. I would like to find this information and have done DNA with Ancestry and My Heritage hoping by putting that question out there to those who are close matches would bring up some results but that hasn't happened.
I would love some ideas and also an answer to the question in the title.
Thanks, Joy Mann
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@Joy Mann If your question is about whether or not California unseals adoption records after a certain amount of time, the answer is no. However, there are ways to legally access sealed birth records. Here is a FamilySearch wiki page that is helpful in understanding the laws of California:
Do you have any clues at all about your mother's birth? Anything you can share might be a starting point.
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Thank you for this information. I will make an application and see what I can find out. My mom sent for information about her parents about 20 years before she died (2016) at the age of 93 and was sent nonidentifying information that was good to know but didn't give her names that she was hoping it would. I have that letter. Now that she is gone and of course her parents are long dead, I am hoping if I fill out a request through the proper channels, I will be able to find names and complete her biological family tree. I know it would make her happy to include them in her family tree along with the wonderful parents who raised and loved her.
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