One search. One month. Over 100 emails.

It started when Jenni, an adult adoptee, reached out hoping to find information about her biological parents. She had been adopted at birth, and like so many adoptees, the questions never went away. One month and over 100 emails later, we had located both of her birth parents.

Reflecting on that month, we realized something. The combination of DNA expertise, genealogical research skill, and patient, careful communication that solved her case wasn't common. We also felt a deep desire to help others on the same journey, the rollercoaster ride of an adult adoptee searching for their birth parents. From that desire, DiscoverFamily.net was born.

What started as helping one person became helping dozens. Then hundreds. Today, our team of volunteer Search Angels has reunited adult adoptees with their birth parents across the country, and we have never charged a penny for our work.

As of April 2021, we are officially a 501(c)3 Non-Profit registered in the United States. Donations to DiscoverFamily.net are tax-deductible and go directly toward keeping this work free and accessible for every adult adoptee who needs it.

A note on what we do and don't do: our focus is specifically on helping adult adoptees (18 and over) find their birth mother, birth father, or both. We don't take cases for finding grandparents, siblings, or the birth parents of minor children. In the course of a search, other relatives often surface (half-siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles) and that's wonderful, but our mission is birth parents. For other searches, we recommend a paid professional.