Our Reconnecting Families Service is temporarily suspended in Syria. Please be patient as the Reconnecting Families team waits until the impacted areas stabilize. Please call the helpline at 844-782-9441 for updates.
Our Reconnecting Families Service is temporarily suspended in Syria. Please be patient as the Reconnecting Families team waits until the impacted areas stabilize. Please call the helpline at 844-782-9441 for updates.
Armed conflict, international disasters and migration leave millions of people around the globe in urgent need of humanitarian assistance every year. As the world’s largest humanitarian network, Red Cross and Red Crescent teams help reconnect families separated by international crises. Read about twins who reunited after 68 years apart.
The American Red Cross helps reconnect loved ones when:
Restoring Family Links provides free and confidential services to help families reconnect. We work with you to search for and locate your family and loved ones. We only collect personal information to be able to respond to your request. We won’t pass on your information to anyone else without your permission. The American Red Cross does not provide financial assistance for family members as a result of a successful reconnection.
Learn more: Reconnecting Families FAQs
To begin a search, contact your local Red Cross chapter »—the critical link in your community to the vast network of the global Red Cross Red Crescent network »
You can also call our free national helpline at 844-782-9441 or use the International Reconnecting Families Inquiry Form »
If you are unable to locate a loved one or friend who has been impacted by a current disaster event, the American Red Cross can help you locate them if they meet certain criteria.
If your military family has an emergency need for communication, Red Cross' Hero Care Center is available 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
The family messages transmitted by the American Red Cross can be very brief, but the three short words "I am alive" may be all that is needed to ease the minds of distraught loved ones half a world away.
