Tag: family
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A century of legal adoption
In readiness for the centenary of the first Adoption of Children Act (passed in 1926 and enacted in 1927), Coram has commissioned a special edition of their academic journal, created a timeline of adoption history on their website, and is calling for a hundred personal ‘stories of adoption’ by people ‘touched by adoption’ [insert barf…
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“They do not give the names of the real parents”
Many parents used shortened certificates as proof of name and birth date for their children, but to adopters there was an additional advantage: the fact of adoption—in theory, at least—was not disclosed. This helped hide the shame and embarrassment of adopted status and thus the stigma of illegitimacy for which many adoptees were bullied (as…
Adoption History 