“My parents are the people who raised me and the people that love me. My biological parents are the two people I share chromosomes with. ”
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And I have real issues with having to write ‘unknown, adopted, unknown adopted’ on every piece.”
“My parents are the people who raised me and the people that love me. My biological parents are the two people I share chromosomes with. ”
“by Christmas he had found every member of my family and didn’t charge me anything so that was really good”
“...my wife said just wait a few more minutes and I got a little tetchy, a little bit edgy then and we were about to go and her car came down the street and pulled onto her drive and that was when I saw her and that was amazing”
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3 weeks ago I arrived home glad it was Friday with the weekend ahead, to find the postman had left a letter, I opened it.
From a tracing agency, the son that i had put up for adoption more than three decades ago wanted to make contact.
WHAM
It was such a shock, i have never forgotten him and the experience changed my life and my whole being, but good old father time and a wonderful husband and family had enabled me to 'get on with my life', what a strange terminology.....
I now know from this letter that 'my baby' is alive, he is married and has a family, all those fears that i have had over these years are eradicated, just by opening an envelope. He has survived having a road accident, having a terrible illness, being bullied at school, just like any other child, hopefully he has survived a wonderful childhood with a loving family.
Now I know that 'my baby' deserves to know his roots, any health issues and believe it or not I can now hold my head up high.
I know that at the time I did the right thing for me, but was it for him?
I am now waiting to hear from him and am apprehensive about the next chapter of all our lives.
But, why didn't i contact him? I don't know, I wanted him to 'have a life'. ”
Posted by [No first name supplied] on 13th May at 11:27PM (flag as inappropriate)
I felt the same for years unfortunately when i met my birth family years later it wasnt the happy reunion i thought it would be. I had problems with my adopted family and then the rejection of my birth family think very carefully before tracing birth families mine has left me with more questions than answers”
Posted by Dawn on 13th May at 1:19AM (flag as inappropriate)