adoption

[lettieross]

a relative was born in Rome. he was put up for adoption. Is there a way to find out who his birth father was and mother. The adoption papers say mothers name was Maria. The papers has no last name and no father's name. He was born about 1935-1938. Any help would be appreciated. thanks in advance

[MarcuccioV]

a relative was born in Rome. he was put up for adoption. Is there a way to find out who his birth father was and mother. The adoption papers say mothers name was Maria. The papers has no last name and no father's name. He was born about 1935-1938. Any help would be appreciated. thanks in advance

It is extremely doubtful that you will ever be able to attain anything further.

About the only process for identification would be to try to chase it down through DNA matches (if you have DNA tested), but even that would be a considerable longshot...

[darkerhorse]

Have you searched birth and birth allegati records?

[suanj]

hi,if no father name, means that the baby was born from a woman and a unknown father- If he have the US documents and no helpful infos, I believe, that hiring a lawyer in Italy it could be possible to know the other infos:
"In Italy, information on the identity of one's biological parents, i.e. natural parents, can be accessed once the age of 25 has been completed.

A similar right also applies to minors of legal age, provided that there is a serious reason of mental and physical health which can be proven with a medical certificate.

In the presence of valid reasons, the aforementioned information can also be provided directly to the adoptive parents with the authorization of the Juvenile Court.
According to what the law provides, access to information is denied if the child has not been recognized at birth by the mother, or if the natural parent has declared that he does not want to be named or has given his consent to the adoption on condition to remain anonymous.

For the sake of completeness, it should be noted that information relating to brothers and sisters can also be accessed.

In such situations, however, the Court must first proceed to consult the directly concerned, in respect of confidentiality, in order to acquire their consent or to ascertain their refusal.

In our legal system, as previously written, the woman has the right to give birth anonymously, that is, not to be mentioned on the child's birth certificate.

Such a choice has consequences, in the sense that the newborn is entrusted to the hospital's medical staff, who will take care of the paperwork relating to the birth declaration.

If a mother chooses not to be mentioned, the hospital must report it to the Public Prosecutor's Office at the Juvenile Court.

In this way, the newborn is declared in a state of adoptability to be subsequently entrusted to a married couple who are deemed suitable.

A solution of this kind protects the right of the newborn to grow up in a family and assume the status of child of the parents who adopted him.

Despite this, the Constitutional Court (Const. sentence n. 278/2013 of 11/22/2013) in the wake of EU jurisprudence, established the constitutional illegitimacy of the provision (art. 28, Law n. 184/1983 of 04/05/1983) in the part in which it did not provide for the possibility for the Court, upon request of the adoptee, to trace, using the utmost confidentiality, the natural parents who had chosen anonymity, with the aim of verifying their will i.e. whether, in the light of the facts, they intended or did not wish to change the choice expressed previously.

Pending an organic reform, it is believed that the adoptee can access information on biological parents even if they have chosen anonymity.

The only limit is represented by the natural mother who, after being questioned, confirms her willingness not to reveal her identity.

In such cases, exclusively after the woman's death, there will no longer be any obstacles to knowing the relationship of filiation."
https://www.diritto.it/le-ricerche-e-le ... biologici/