u/AlgaeOk2923

Have well documented Canadian ancestors on both sides of adopted family tree - census records, voting records, death records, etc. I was adopted as an infant, records were sealed, and cannot be unsealed ever because the state I was adopted from. Adoptive parents have always listed on the birth certificate and had possession of me from birth (the state’s vital records list them) but the adoption was not finalized until 6 months later per state law.

From the pinned post and searching the sub, I want to check my working assumptions:

1. I count as an adoptee where the adoptive parents didn’t have full legal custody at birth.

2. Adoptive parents are eligible for Canadian citizenship through descent, so that makes me the adoptee of Canadians.

3. I have to go through the longer, more expensive process of requesting citizenship as an adoptee.

Is that all accurate? And if so, can anyone recommend a good lawyer experienced in both citizenship and adoptee matters?

Folks, I’ve really tried, searched this sub, and am still failing.

I have a MacBook Pro that I can’t partition with Windows OS due to space as Adobe Creative Suite and various security apps/functions I must have for work on my personal laptop prevent this. I also don’t own a Kindle device.

I have bought and own 20ish books thru Kindle over the years that I would really like to keep because some of them are ONLY sold on Kindle (checked Kobo & other retailers) and paper copy is out of print.

I can’t download my books to anywhere other than the Kindle app. I can’t share the downloaded book from the Kindle app with Calibre or the paid version of epubor app as a recent poster suggested. I am at my wits ends as a non-techie and so, so mad. I just want to keep the books I paid for! As soon as I liberate my books, I plan to delete my Amazon account because this is nuts.

I am willing to pay whatever for an app or professional service to just be able to get my books out of the Amazon ecosystem. If anyone has suggestions, I’d appreciate it.