Act of transferring parental rights and duties to someone other than the adopted person’s biological parents is called adoption. The practice of adoption is ancient and is prevalent in almost all cultures. Traditionally most of the adoptee was male and sometimes its historical and conventional goal combines the concept of maintaining the continuation of male lines for the purpose of inheritance and succession. By employing the adoption process, the contemporary laws and practices aim to promote child welfare and development of families. In the later part of the 20th century there was a relaxation of long established restrictions on age differences between adoptive parents and children. There were also some relaxations on the parents’ minimum income level, on the maternal employment outside the home and on placements across religions and ethnic lines. Now-a-days single parent adoptions and adoptions by same-sex couples become acceptable as well. In the very beginning of 1970s’ a growing adoption rights movement in the United States called for the withdrawal of confidentiality laws in most of the states that prevented adoptee as adults considering their adoption records.