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  • Question
    How do I find someone I have lost touch with and have no information on?
    Community Answer
    Search for friends you may have in common, and follow the steps in this article.
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    How do I find out if a person is married?
    Aaliyah Love 37
    Community Answer
    Do a public records search.
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    I'm 17 and my father left when I was 3 months old. How can I find out how to contact him?
    Community Answer
    Your mother should be able to give you the information you need. If she's unwilling, when you're 18 you can request a copy of your birth certificate from the Vital Records Office in the state in which you were born, your father's name may be listed.
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    How can I find someone using their previous place of work?
    Community Answer
    Contact the previous place of work and ask if they left forwarding information. They may know how to reach them.
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    Is it possible to find someone if I only have their phone number?
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    Yes. Just type the phone number into the search bar of your favorite search engine, and you may be able to track where it comes from.
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    How can I find a woman without her married name or location?
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    When searching online for a woman who might have gotten married and changed her name, try adding "né" in the search box with every variation (née is a word used to indicate the person is using her maiden name).
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    How can I find a person who was adopted?
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    One way to find an adopted person would be through social media. If you know their name, where they were adopted, or even there adoptive parents names, look online. Websites such as Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter are all great places to start.
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    How do I find someone that my mom had an affair with while she was alive?
    Community Answer
    Go through her old items and see what you can find out. If you know the person's name, then do a web search.
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    How can I find someone if I only have their nickname or alias?
    Kat Master
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    If you only have their nickname/alias, it will be nearly impossible to find them. Many people share nicknames, and aliases will almost always have duplicates. If you need to find them, and they have an online account, take it to the police or government.
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    How do I find someone if I only have their photo?
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    If the picture is in your phone or on your computer, you can do a reverse image search through Google, which is where you upload the picture into the search bar and then try to find related or similar images online. Otherwise you could try to figure out where the person lives and show their photo to people around the city to see if anyone recognizes them.
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    How can I find out someone's birthday?
    Ginny Bean
    Community Answer
    You could check their social media or ask their friends. You could even ask them directly.
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    Where do I start to look if I found a ring with a name in it?
    Community Answer
    You can Google the name and see if you can find the person that it belongs to.
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    Could I run places with a pal to find a kid or should I contact the police?
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    I think it's best to just call the police. The police will help you. They know what they're doing, and going after the kid yourself could be dangerous, depending on the circumstances.
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    What should I do if I need to find a man who was put into a nursing home?
    Joy Jernigan
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    Do you know his full name or the city where he lived? Call all the nursing homes in that city to see if he is a resident there. Does he have children? If so, it's possible he may be in a nursing home in a city that one of his children lives in, so you can try those too. If you know the names of any friends or relatives of his, track those people down and ask about him. Finally, check on the internet by typing his name into Google. This will pull up any relevant obituaries or death notices.
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    How do I find a crush's boyfriend if he goes to a different school? I only have him on Instagram.
    Manisha decuty
    Community Answer
    Check his location on the Instagram pic, or check the comments. Also you can check for tagged pictures and follow close friends of his.
  • Question
    How can I verify that a celebrity Facebook account is legitimate?
    Community Answer
    You can check if there is a verified icon next to their Facebook account.
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    How do I find someone that if I only have their first name and city? I have no close friends or any way to travel to that area.
    Community Answer
    That is not possible without more details. Maybe try social media, with more details like dates, appearance, etc., to see if friends of friends of friends might have any idea.
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    How do I find an old friend whom I have fallen out of contact with, only knowing their full name and the name of the school we both went to?
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    Try searching them on social media platforms. It may take long to find them but it'll all be more likely than using other search ways. If you do find them, don't be afraid to send them a message stating who you are and how you know each other. If you don't find the person you're looking for, don't give up hope; ask friends to help too.
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    How can I find someone if I don't know their last name?
    Benjamin M.
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    List everything you know about the person such as their school or workplace, where you met them, what area of town that is in, what they looked like, any interests they expressed or groups they talked about, etc. For every fact about them, this may give you a way to narrow down your search or a person you can ask about them. For instance, if they mentioned a particular workplace, you can look that workplace up on Linkedin and see if anyone with that name is employed at that workplace.
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    How do I find my half-siblings if I've never met them before?
    Community Answer
    Talk to someone in your family that may know their whereabouts, or some information about them to help you find them.
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    I have tried a lot of these things and still can't find my friend. Is there anything else I can do?
    Isolde
    Top Answerer
    It depends on where you've already been looking for your friend. Have you tried social media, the phone book, other friends, family members, school? Other possible places to look include alumni associations, fraternity/sorority organizations, the electoral roll, old neighbors and maybe LinkedIn.
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    How do I find an old friend from many years ago? I only have their name.
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    Begin by searching for their name on social media sites. For example, search on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. If you know your friend's surname, that should be more helpful. It can help to also search mutual friends whose names you know, as your old friend might be following them too.
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    On October 22, 2022, I saw someone during my exam, but unfortunately, I couldn't take his number. How can I find him?
    Community Answer
    Ask the teacher and tell them a description of his physical details, like his facial appearance and what clothes you saw him wearing. The teacher should know the names of all their students.
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