{"id":104,"date":"2025-04-15T14:17:55","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T05:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.issj.org\/adoption-web-en\/?page_id=104"},"modified":"2025-04-15T14:21:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T05:21:43","slug":"start","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.issj.org\/adoption-web-en\/roots\/start\/","title":{"rendered":"I Don\u2019t Know Where to Start (What Can I Do Now?)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-pale-ocean-gradient-background has-background\" style=\"letter-spacing:0px\">Use of the Post-Adoption Consultation Service<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>It takes a lot of courage to search for your own records or contact the relevant institutions. If you are unsure of what to do, anxious about taking the first step, or need someone to help you trace your roots, please do not keep it all to yourself, and do not hesitate to contact us. We will work with you to figure out what you want to do, and what you can do.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"swell-block-postLink\">\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.issj.org\/adoption-web-en\/postadoption\/\" class=\"c-blogLink -internal\" data-style=\"slim\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- <i class=\"c-blogLink__icon icon-link\" role=\"presentation\"><\/i> -->\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-blogLink__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"swl-svg-link __svg\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\" viewBox=\"0 0 48 48\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M21.2 30.2c-.5 0-1-.2-1.4-.6l-.7-.7c-2.3-2.3-3.5-5.3-3.5-8.5s1.2-6.2 3.5-8.5l7.1-7.1c2.3-2.3 5.3-3.5 8.5-3.5s6.2 1.2 8.5 3.5c4.7 4.7 4.7 12.3 0 17l-3.5 3.5c-.8.8-2 .8-2.8 0-.8-.8-.8-2 0-2.8l3.5-3.5c3.1-3.1 3.1-8.2 0-11.3-1.5-1.5-3.5-2.3-5.7-2.3-2.1 0-4.2.8-5.7 2.3l-7.1 7.1c-1.5 1.5-2.3 3.5-2.3 5.7s.8 4.2 2.3 5.7l.7.7c.8.8.8 2 0 2.8-.4.3-.9.5-1.4.5z\" \/><path d=\"M13.4 46.6c-3.1 0-6.1-1.2-8.5-3.5-2.3-2.3-3.5-5.3-3.5-8.5s1.2-6.2 3.5-8.5l3.5-3.5c.8-.8 2-.8 2.8 0 .8.8.8 2 0 2.8l-3.5 3.5c-1.5 1.5-2.3 3.5-2.3 5.7 0 2.1.8 4.2 2.3 5.7 3.1 3.1 8.2 3.1 11.3 0l7.1-7.1c1.5-1.5 2.3-3.5 2.3-5.7 0-2.1-.8-4.2-2.3-5.7l-.7-.7c-.8-.8-.8-2 0-2.8.8-.8 2-.8 2.8 0l.7.7c2.3 2.3 3.5 5.3 3.5 8.5s-1.2 6.2-3.5 8.5l-7.1 7.1c-2.3 2.3-5.3 3.5-8.4 3.5z\" \/><\/svg>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-blogLink__text\">For\u00a0Adoptee\u00a0and Those Who\u00a0Have Adopted a Child<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Use of the Post-Adoption Consultation Service It takes a lot of courage to search for your own records or contact the relevant institutions. If you are unsure of what to do, anxious about taking the first step, or need someone to help you trace your roots, please do not keep it all to yourself, and do not hesitate to contact us. We will work with you to figure out what you want to do, and what you can do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":81,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"swell_btn_cv_data":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-104","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.issj.org\/adoption-web-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.issj.org\/adoption-web-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.issj.org\/adoption-web-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.issj.org\/adoption-web-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.issj.org\/adoption-web-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.issj.org\/adoption-web-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105,"href":"https:\/\/www.issj.org\/adoption-web-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104\/revisions\/105"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.issj.org\/adoption-web-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.issj.org\/adoption-web-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}