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How do I begin to open a closed adoption from 1959? Is it even possible? What do you suggest as a first step? This would be an older biological sibling that we just found out about and he was the "family secret" but now that we (my siblings and I) know he exists we would like to find him. thank you for any help. Our mother and grandparents are not in favor of this and are not giving any information.
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