david cowan has that story.trawl the archives for their scottish ancestors. a searchable database holds a vast collection of entries. but now tens of thousands have had to be removed after an adoptive mother found details of her child. the information included the first name he was given at birth, his new surname and a reference to the adoption register. to protect the child's identity, the mother's words are spoken by an actor. i was horrified. it is every adoptive parent's worst nightmare that their child's adoptive name, which has been carefully shielded, through the court process, could be made public. the mother complained to the government agency which runs the site on sunday. the entries were still online yesterday morning. we picked an year at random to see what was there. straightaway, you get page after page after page of names with ar beside them, which stands for "adoption register". the earliest entries dated back to 1909. the most recent were from last year. the mother alerted the office of scotlan

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