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Like several other states, Colorado has recently changed some laws regarding access to adoption records. This has helped make searching easier for some residents.
Adopted and Searching for Answers is a Parade Magazine article that highlights five people and their searchs. Their searches yielded varying results.
Last month, Colorado’s Attorney General John Suthers brought the issue to light when he talked publicly for the first time about finding his birth mother. He sent her a long letter, but his mother was reluctant to set up a meeting.
Although John Suthers found his birth mother, she has declined to meet him yet. Suthers was quoted as saying that “She did not want to disrupt her life, and I respected that wish.”
Bart Brinkman found out when was fifteen years old that he was adopted and had brothers. His adoptive mother ran an ad in the newspaper seeking his brothers. The brothers were found, however, although he has been searching for decades to find his birth mother, he has been unable to locate her.
I’m 74 years old, and I don’t know who my mother was. There’s a black hole there.
Bart Brinkman, the 74-year old man quoted above is threatening to file a lawsuit to gain access to records so that he can find the woman who gave birth to him.
I Was Fine With Who I Was is the story of John Talbot who discovered that his birth father starred in TV’s The A-Team. At age 29, Talbot decided at that he wanted to find his birth mother, so he paid for a search through the adoption agency that had handled his adoption. He met and began developing a relationship with her, and then a year later met his birth father. John Talbot has a degree in theater arts and communications, just like his birth mother and father.
Finding my biological parents was never a driving need for me,” Talbert said. “I grew up a regular kid like everybody around me and never really thought about it. Now I could never imagine not doing it. It has had a huge impact on my life.
I Don’t Want Anymore Secrets is the story of Karen Liebgold. Ms. Liebgold has spoken to the son that she gave birth to 41 years ago and they are planning to meet soon. Liebgold became pregnant from a date rape and relinquished her baby. She said that she never got to see or hold her son, because they took him away as soon as he was born.
Suzanne Matson, a certified counselor, decided when she was 8 that she would one day search for her biological parents.
I Would do it Again in a Heartbeat is Sharon Matson’s search story. Although Matson found her birth mother, they have not met. Matson spent seven years trying to set up a reunion with her birth mother and finally realized that she was not ready. However, she has reunited with her birthfather.
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