"Please help me find my Mom!"

07/13/2012

If you found a lost child who said "Please help me find my Mom" I am sure that you would wait with that child until her mother was found.
You wouldn't walk on by!
Sadly, there are thousands of children all over the world in this exact position. They can't find their mothers and the world is walking on by.
I am talking about all the little boys and girls who were adopted from Ireland. They are adults now but they are still looking for their mothers.
In their thousands they write to convents and government agencies in Ireland every year.
In their thousands, they are refused access to their records.
In their thousands, they are refused any information about the women who gave them life.
On the other side, there are mothers, some in their 80's now, who are still searching for their babies.
They live every day with the knowledge that they may die without ever finding their babies. Many have already died.
Please don't walk on by!
Please sign the Access to Birth Records Petition.
Please sign now.
We need at least another 200 signatures to bring about an end to this cruel situation.

Comments

Marie-Thérèse O’Loughlin. link

07/14/2012 07:16

Martine - I tried to sign this very vital petition, however, it was impossible, as I don't have a FB account. This sort of thing touches a deep chord in me. I came home to Ireland from London - in the late seventies - in search of my mother's grave. I'd been told by the religious, as a child in Goldenbridge industrial *school*, that she was DEAD. It turned out not to be the truth. I believe countless children were told similar stories about their mothers. It's heart-rending.

Rob Northall link

07/17/2012 06:56

Try http://bit.ly/mZK2a7

Martine Brennan link

07/17/2012 13:58

I have tested the link from my side Rob and it seems to be working. Did you have a problem with it?
Martine

Martine Brennan link

07/17/2012 13:56

Marie-Therese, There are no words I can say only that my heart goes out to you... I hope that this petition will help to bring about a change.
Martine

Mari Steed link

07/17/2012 16:36

As always, beautifully said, Martine. Thank you.

Martine Brennan link

07/18/2012 03:14

Thank you Mari, I only wish my words translated into more signatures on the petition.... Martine

Dermot Tackaberry

07/18/2012 04:03

Signed. Plus 1 to list. Who's next??

Martine Brennan link

07/18/2012 05:33

Thank you Dermot. Martine

Fiona link

07/19/2012 05:54

Have twittered it out to my 18k followers ... that might help too :)

Martine Brennan link

07/19/2012 12:00

Thank you so much Fiona. 18k followers is awe-inspiring! Martine

Fiona link

07/19/2012 15:23

yvw :)

Michael Brennan link

07/22/2012 01:01

Martine
Have signed the petition. You will have to go on Joe Duffy

Martine Brennan link

07/22/2012 01:26

Many thanks Michael. The petition is creeping up to 1k signatures now but every signature counts. I learned recently that one man who was dying, came home to Ireland, only to be refused access to his birth records. When all his efforts failed, he asked to be buried at the home where he was born. His mother found his grave a year later... This needless suffering cannot be allowed to continue.

A Strachan

07/24/2012 05:51

Sincerely hope that your petition is successful. Everybody should have the right to know where they come from.

Martine Brennan link

07/25/2012 01:27

It feels that simple to me too A. Thank you for signing. Martine