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United States of America / Re: Adoption records in USA, merged families, formal or informal?
« on: Sunday 01 March 26 00:02 GMT (UK) »
I agree with the above.
I am an adoptee born in Ohio, and I am in the online Ohio birth index under my adopted name only. If you know that one of the siblings in question was born when Rena was married to someone else, but they're on the index under husband #2's surname, that's a likely sign that they were adopted by husband #2.
If the potential adoptees are deceased, their Social Security application would typically include the name of their legal father. In the earlier days of Social Security, I think they were a little loose on checking on that though.
I am an adoptee born in Ohio, and I am in the online Ohio birth index under my adopted name only. If you know that one of the siblings in question was born when Rena was married to someone else, but they're on the index under husband #2's surname, that's a likely sign that they were adopted by husband #2.
If the potential adoptees are deceased, their Social Security application would typically include the name of their legal father. In the earlier days of Social Security, I think they were a little loose on checking on that though.
