i'm seeking a way to locate birth parents for a girl from vietnam who is currently 38yrs. old & has very little to no memory of vietnam.
2006-06-12 03:38:53 · 8 answers · asked by J T 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
Some questions have no good answers.
You might be able to track her mother down through the agency that brought her here, if they still exist and have records of the orphanage she came from, and that orphanage still exists and has kepts its records, and the mother gave her correct name when she gave up her baby.
There is a very good chance that the father will be "Unknown". For every one of those "Re-united at last" stories you read in Reader's Digest there are a couple of thousand people who tried and failed.
The lady in question could spend $149 or so for a DNA test and find out roughly where her father's ancestors came from; northern Europe or Southern is about all. (I'm assuming she is Eurasian. If it is obvious from her features that her father was an African-American, all the DNA test will do is confirm that.)
There is a one in 10,00,000 chance, more or less, that one of her relatives in the USA - a second or third cousin on her father's side - has also taken a DNA test, for genealogy purposes. (About 50,000 genealogy buffs have gotten the 12-point analysis, usually to see if there is any truth to the rumor that GGG Grandmother was a Cherokee Princess). If one has, and she gets one, and she finds a 37-point match, she would have a good idea of who her father was. (The 37-point test costs another $149; most people get just the 12-point analysis, which looks for Amrican Indian markers.)
As I said, some questions don't have good answers. Sorry.
2006-06-12 06:19:33 · answer #1 · answered by Gene E. Ologist 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree with some of the answers that consider it almost a lost cause, but there is one place you can start. With some hope, she might find her family.
Her adoption records will be the start of the path. If she has them available, then she can consult the Vietnam embassy (http://www.vietnamembassy-usa.org) and/or the Vietnam consulate closest to you/her. If she does not have her adoption records available, she may still try to consulate to help direct her to where her adoption records would be located.
Good luck to her...
2006-06-12 22:04:05 · answer #2 · answered by MojaveDan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the 38 year old girl should be contacting the organization which brought her out of the country.
2006-06-12 10:42:34 · answer #3 · answered by spot 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they look it up and go 2 government sites and call other government areas.
2006-06-12 10:43:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
look ask what she last re morrbers and track down her bith ciffcate it should say were she was bron
2006-06-12 10:42:37 · answer #5 · answered by Fireball 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to US millitary records...
2006-06-12 10:41:32 · answer #6 · answered by n9flyboy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
^ I agree with him. ^
2006-06-12 10:42:48 · answer #7 · answered by Public enemy#2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not easily....
2006-06-12 10:39:55 · answer #8 · answered by moxychic_333 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋