What happens when the adoptee wants to actually KNOW where they came from. Many states have all adoption records closed making it virtually impossible for the adoptee to find his or her birth parents. Colorado put a new adoption law into effect a few months ago. If their petition is granted the files will be opened only to the CI and then the CI will conduct the search and do the initial contacting. Some people who are being sought don't want to be found, but a lot of them do.
Reunions can go either way, really good or really bad or anywhere in-between.