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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m an adoptee who knew some identifying information. I would not consider that an open adoption by any means.

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Thank you for responding!  I’m the poster above who was asking — [b]where do you draw the line between “open” and “closed” adoptions?[/b]  The adult adoptees I know had no information before they did DNA testing (one international still has no info about her birth family; the other in her 50s managed to reconnect with her birth mother’s family via 23andme and has a good relationship with them) and the younger adoptees I know are either adopted by extended family or were adopted from foster care as older kids so they naturally have knowledge about and/or a relationship with there birth families.  I feel like we need more than two terms here, since there’s a lot of space between those extremes.[/quote]

The term "open adoption" is primarily a marketing term targeted towards birth mothers, supposedly to make their decision easier.  The reality is that "open" adoptions do not legally exist.  Once that child is legally adopted the birth parent(s) contact with the child can be stopped at any time with no legal recourse.  It may not always happen that way and some adoptive parents allow various degrees of contact with birth parents/families, with varying degrees of success.  [/quote]

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