WHO IS ELEGIBLE TO PARTICPATE?
The legal parent(s) or guardian(s) of a minor adoptee or an adult adoptee can apply. In a two parent family, both parents must agree. Participants may withdraw from participation in the databank at any time. Minor participants must consent to remaining in the databank upon reaching majority. The databank is open to qualified participants presently located in any country in the world. Registration information and DNA sample collection kits will be mailed globally and accepted from participants regardless of their the country of residence. Since most sending countries in intercountry adoption place children out for adoption to families in more than one country, biological siblings may be located anywhere in the world. The databank presently includes a databank for the adopted children of each of the four largest sending countries: China, Russia, Korea and Guatemala. Other countries: Since a sufficient number of participants must enter the database before it can reliably match blood relat
