Closed Adoption - Where do I start?
Hello. Any help is appreciated. I was born in the now closed Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital in Lubbock Texas. It opened in 1958 and closed, I think, sometime in the 70’s. I was told it was a closed adoption and that the hospital had burned down sometime after my adoption where the records were kept. I was supposedly adopted at birth from a (possibly) migrating family that already had a son. And also told it was done in a lawyer’s office, sounded very hush, hush. I was told this by my parents when I was around 10 or 12 because I accidentally found my adoption papers. Those have never been seen again, but at least I know they existed at one time. My search here showed only my adopted parents on record. Is it even possible to find records about a closed adoption? Wouldn’t that be filed as a legal record?
Thanks so much
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If the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services was involved in your adoption you might be able to get a redacted copy of your record. Here is the link to their website: https://www.dfps.texas.gov/Child_Protection/Adoption/Adoption_Registry/closed_adoption_records.asp
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You could also do a DNA test and should be able to find matches to your biological line, though they may be related a few generations back. I would recommend AncestryDNA because of the size of the database.
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Look at 23 and ME and Ancestry
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