Adoptee, Birth Parent, Dna Discovery Search Assistance | Adoption Network Cleveland
Provides individualized expertise, information and guidance on searching for information or reunion regarding biological relatives. Includes assistance getting birth certificates for those who have been adopted, interpreting DNA results from sites such as Ancestry or 23&me.
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211 Cleveland
Physical Address
12200 Fairhill Rd., Fl A3, Cleveland, OH 44120
Hours
Those who are located outside the service area and who have questions about adoption searching should call M-F: 8:30am-5:00pm.
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Application process
Phone agency for information on adoption and DNA search services
Fee
Fixed fee for search membership. Fee includes one-year membership.
Eligibility
Serves adult adoptees, birth parents, birth family members, those who were donor-conceived, and those who have discovered new DNA connections (including learning they have different parents than they have believed) who are residents of Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Stark, Summit, Wayne, Holmes, Portage, Medina, and Ashland counties. Individuals must be a member of organization and must have attended at least 2 general meetings. Other individuals searching are served by calling the agency.
Service area
Summit County, Ohio Lake County, Ohio Wayne County, Ohio Holmes County, Ohio Ohio Ashland County, Ohio Cuyahoga County, Ohio Geauga County, Ohio Portage County, Ohio Lorain County, Ohio Medina County, Ohio
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Adoption Network Cleveland
Provides support, education, advocacy to people connected to adoption, foster care, and kinship care. Provides search assistance to family members separated by adoption and those with DNA discoveries. Focus is on adoption is a complex, lifelong and intergenerational journey for all those whose lives are impacted.