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| Germany and West Germany Adoption Laws |
Big problems for adoptees born in Germany. Concerning American Citizenship. The problem is that the adoptive parents
should of applied for their citizenship after they brought the children to the states, but this didn´t happen. Maybe because
the adoptive parents thought their adopted children would automatically become US-Citizens. If this is your case you will
have to go through all steps of the immigration process, even if you lived in the US since you where a baby. You will need
to get a hold of the US immigration and see what you need. Most people will find out when ever they decide to apply for
a passport and until that point, think they are US-Citizens. So be sure to check your citizenship.
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In Germany only the adoptee is allowed to receive information from the German Government Offices
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picture of orphanage in fulda (The building do's not exist any more)
the source: courtesy private collection fulda
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If Your situation is similar to mine. I was adopted in Germany by an Air Force couple.
The paper that gave me the most help was my actual adoption decree.
Although it was in German I was able to get it translated.
There are lots of search angels that help with this or websites. www.freetranslation.com I was able to get an exact name
for my birth mother her address at the time of my adoption and most importantly my adoption file number. Once you have
this info. you can contact the Youth Welfare Office in Frankfurt and request the info. in your file. They told me they keep all
files. You can also request a certificate of Heritage from the Registry office in Frankfurt (or whatever city in Germany you
were born in.) And they will give you whatever information they have for biological parents. In Germany everyone has to be
registered to the city that they live in. So the Frankfurt registry office may have a current address for your b-mother. Do
you know someone that speaks German? I had a German friend make a call to 32 people in Germany that had the same last
name or maiden name as my birth mother & we found her that way. A lot of the towns in Germany are small & everyone
knows one another. I learned there were only 2 strands of families with my birthmother's last name & they all started
talking & getting the word out & Thank God...my birth mother called back. It is difficult sometimes with finding birth
mother's because their names can change. So try to locate your adoption decree or get a certificate of heritage to find
your b-father's name & you might have more luck finding him. Good Luck. Petra B |
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