General information about your origins
In Lithuania, general information about you and your origins is stored in the Population Register of the Republic of Lithuania. For example, this register contains information about your birth, the fact of your adoption, parents, marriage and children, declared place of residence.
Adopted children
If you have been adopted, the register will contain information about your adoptive (legally recognized) parents, but not your biological parents. In such a case, more specific information about your origins may be found in the The State Enterprise Centre of Registers.
important Information regarding adoption will not be available to you before you have reached the age of majority.
Specific information about your origins
Information regarding aspects of your birth, such as the time and place of your birth, your given name and surname, and biological parents, is included in the Population Register which is operated by The State Enterprise Centre of Registers. In this register, you may also find information about the determination or recognition of paternity or adoption.
important If you are a foundling, you will not find any information about your parents in the Population Register.
Further information about your origins
If you already have some identifying information about your biological, foster or adoptive parents, and you would like to obtain more information about them, such as, contact information or their current whereabouts, you may find this information in the Population Register of Republic of Lithuania.
Please be aware that, to protect their private lives, such data is considered restricted information and is not generally accessible to the public.
Requesting information
To obtain information about your origins from a specific register, you must submit a request to the institution responsible about that register. Read more about how to request information about your origins.