Table of Contents

Introduction.- The Blood-tie as Socio-cultural 'Item': Ancestry Feared and Revered.- The Blood-tie: 'Properly Locked Drawers' and a 'Doomed Quality'.- Conceptualizing the "Right" to Avoid Origin Deprivation: International Law and Domestic Implementation.- Strasbourg Jurisprudence: 'Remembered Relatedness'.- Never Knowing 'One's Past': Genetic Ancestry Vetoes as Discrimination?.- 'Related' Matters in an Open Records Region: Relinquishment, Contact and Best Interests.- Blood-tie Preservation as Paramount: Best Interests of Child Outweighed?.- Guiding Principles, Hard Cases.- Conclusion: Preventing Origin Deprivation.