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They may or may not want to seek out the birth parents. Whether they do or not, you have to accept has got really no relevance, it doesn’t reflect on you or your parenting abilities… It is something they will feel the need to do, or not do, and so sup”

Roddy and Alex, 44 and 41

Other people answering How would you feel if your child wanted to see their birth family in the future?

  • Video by Kerry and Amerjeet

    “...if you’ve always been open with them they’ll always talk to you about it rather than have that worry that if they search for their birth parents that its going to upset you which a lot of people tend to do but yeah that’s part and parcel of adopt”

    Kerry and Amerjeet, 40 and 34

  • Video by Fiona

    “I would try not to be jealous, and try to be quite grown up about it, but, you know, I’m sure there will always be, there thinking ‘Oh, I hope she doesn’t love them more than me’.”

    Fiona, 43

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