American Adoption Congress familes rooted in truth  Search and
Reunion  Search and Reunion Etiquette: The Guide Miss Manners
Never Wrote  by Monica M. Byrne  There are as many adoption
search and reunion scenarios as there are people involved.
Everyone who has worked in this field, who has been part of the
process, or who is a member of one of the supporting families
will tell you that this is a world of shifting sand and unclear
rules-a minefield of potential disasters. Who in his or her
right mind would embark on such a perilous journey without a map
and compass? In fact, why would anyone leave the safe harbour of
the known to travel to this unknown land?  The answer to this
question lies deep within the heart of the matter. The "matter"
being that, at some time and in some way, the natural course of
a family's shape and structure has been disrupted by the removal
of some fundamental part-the parent of its child or the child of
its parents, brothers and sisters of each other and grandparents
of their grand