Hi Carol..i can understand your frustration on this matter,i was braught up in council care that involved 8 years with foster parents from 2 till 10...then i was adopted for a short spell...when old enough the red tape and secrecy while looking for my real parents want very easy..i persevered and found them...along with 2 whole new families,though not getting on great with my parents now the love and help of my wider family has been really overpowering if not hard at times...in your case,and obviously thousands of others like you i believe there should be a panel to decide on every case after reviewing all the details,you see some cases are very sensitive,i lived with a girl in care who was a result of a serious case of incest,and theres lots of other weird cases ware the WHOLE family and relations could be devastated if certain details were made public,like in all cases in life the bad minority is protected at he expense of the good majority....hence i feel if cases are reviewed individually by people not involved in the family at all then at least some people,hopefully you would get the nod to go ahead and get all your info to help in your quest to know who your family are and were....unfortuanatly a system like this would cost big money on account of the numbers who would apply i fear that wont happen.....good luck with your petition and you never know it could be a start on getting the result in the future....regards Lee.