Birth Mother/Adoptee Reunions “Soars” After the Film Philomena

The number of birth mothers & adoptee searching for each other “soars” after the film Philomena. An Irish newspaper reports that, “The number of people who are putting their names on an adoption contact register to retrace a birth mother or child has soared in the wake of publicity generated by the film ‘Philomena’ and the Tuam babies controversy.”