Adoption 1976

[moni76]

Hi everyone, my name is Monique Napaporn Mclean.I am thai born and i was in an orphanage in udon thani for 4 months before i was adopted by an australian couple.This was the year 1976.I am desperately trying to search for my birth mother and any information of any relatives i may have.My mothers name on my birth certificate was Mrs Pilailuk Trakulpech.She was 27 years old when she gave birth to me.My birth mothers address that she gave on my birth certificate was house number 129/19 village No.1.and i from what i have been told by thai people who translated my birth certificate for me, her address at the time of my adoption was 114-118, Moo 12, Tawan Sawang, Amphur Sawang Daen Din, Sakhon Nakhon Province.As i am so far away and not able to get over to Thailand in the near future i am hoping that someone is out there in thailand who will be able to check this out for me.I would be forever grateful to you.I can only speak english and it would be wonderful if whoever is able to help me spoke both thai and english.

Kind regard,

Monique Napaporn Mclean

[yorkman]

Hello Monique,

You might be in breach of a forum rule here about searching for missing persons, I am sure a mod will tell you if you are.

A starter though (assuming that you have thought this through, she may not want contact), that address "looks" like a rental, so may not be of much help

Regards

[moni76]

hello yorkman, i am new to this so i am not sure of the rules.Thanyou for your comments.I realise she may not want to get in contact but i have to at least try.

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[MrSquigle]

You should probably get a private dick to do some foraging around for you and see what he can dig up.

There is a good one on here trying to sell a holiday in Samui, you can find him in the classified section now I believe...his name is ThaiprivateEye.

Also keep in mind that your birth mother may not wish to contact you, so keep that in mind.

You were lucky to be adopted by aussies, best country in the world to be raised in....you could have been adopted by far worse, like a pom, or a kiwi for gods sake or even a tasmanian.

Best of luck.

[yorkman]

"i have to at least try"

Thats understandable

[MrSquigle]

You probably do not need to be told what to do or how to do it, you have likely been going over this in your head for a long time.

If I was in your boots, I would also want to find out, but I would probably do it quietly from the sidelines first, just to see what the situation is.

There is a very good chance that you were brought up in a good home and good education in Oz, possibly not wanted for much in reality.

Remember that your birth monther could be from any kind of background over here, if she and family are poor, then you will have to deal with the reality of that and you have so much more. If they are well off, then she may not want to know you and all the social and class problems come into it.

I think I would have someone discretely locate her, get info on her, photos if possible and as much info as you can to evaluate her life now. Then after a lot of thought and dependant on that exact situation she is in and if I still wanted to contact her, I would do it via a third party and see what her reaction is and if she indeed wants contact or not, if she does great, if not then leave contact details with her incase she changes her mind in the near future and leave it up to her then.

Anyway, thats just what I would do....or maybe just walk in with a beer and say g'day ma !!

[MikeRay]

Good luck to you Moni1976. My mother was adopted, too and she told me that it was the most important to do for her to find out who she was, where she came from, why she couldn´t stay with her real-mother etc.

It was some kind of relief to her when all the questions were answered.

[RayBan]

Hi Moni1976,

I have just completed the adoption of my Thai son here in Thailand, I am British myself, but married to his natural Thai mother. This process took nearly 3 years to complete, a very long process, but very thorough for the child's sake.

Although living in Buriram, we dealt with the Child Adoption Agency headquarters in Bangkok, who were very thorough, although understanding. Every time we visited, the place was full of European, North American and Australia/New Zealand applicants, all seeking to adopt orphan children and the likes.

This place is the central agency for all Thai adoptions throughout Thailand and is vast. It is well run and has vast records. I cannot speak for how long back it was operating at such, but if you were involved with the official Thai Adoption Agency back in 1976, I am pretty much certain your records will be there.

The natural parents of the adopted child have no rights to investigate the child, but you have every right to find your natural parents, they are good people at this central command and I am sure they would bend over backwards to help if they can.

The Child Adoption Centre, 255 Ratchawithi Road, Bangkok 10400..............tel 02 3547511

I wish you the very best of luck in your search..............pm me if I can be of any further help.............. Ray

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