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Foster care says i don't exist!!

I've been fighting with them for over a year just trying to get any records they have . When i first reached out it was to get my birth certificate, i mean as a kid i never thought about stuff like that . You would think my file or paperwork would go with me ,from placement to placement, social worker to social worker . So the first conversation i asked for my records and gave them my name ,the response was e mail a copy of my birth certificate, my response, uh that's what I'm asking you for !! Well we can't release any information without proof of who you are ..so again i told them they have all my paperwork! Same response. By now I'm pissed so i hung up .But i really need things like my birth certificate to do anything, can't get ss card or anything. So i tried again and finally got someone to listen ,gave her my name and like 20 minutes later she tells me they have no records for that name . I'm like lady i spent 14 years in your damn system ,no records? Well sir are you sure that's the correct name ? It's the only name i have lady ! So i ask can you check if any of my fosters have that last name maybe i just picked it up,well sir i can't do that because we don't have any records . So now i don't even know for sure what my damn name is . I gave her a couple of the foster families names but they can't release any info on the fosters . I give up guess I'll just live under the radar like i don't exist
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exchrist · 31-35
Usually the hospital you were born at has a birth certificate and\or the town\city hall of the place you were born. Try that.
kodiac · 22-25, M
@exchrist I don't know either of those locations
exchrist · 31-35
@kodiac if it was within the contiguous united states do you know what state? Your parents names or any info to narrow it down? Do you remember the first birthday you ever celebrated? Where you might have been?
kodiac · 22-25, M
@exchrist No that's the problem, i was only 4 when i entered the system so i don't i don't remember anything before age 7 or 8
exchrist · 31-35
@kodiac thats a start had you changed state by then?
kodiac · 22-25, M
@exchrist I don't know but i moved around a lot after age 8. When you have like 14 or more placements it's hard to even keep track of their names .
exchrist · 31-35
@kodiac my ma was a social worker in a few such cases. Ill ask her what shed recommend. Ill get back to you.