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In reply to the discussion: Adoptees, Friends of Adoptees, Birth Parents and Adoptive Parents - Check In Here [View all]After my parents had died I did contact the adoption agency but only to inquire if any health related issues had been reported prior to my adoption. I told them I wasn't trying to contact anybody, just curious as to whether NF ran in the family or not. I also told them that if anybody from that side was interested in contacting me I wouldn't be against it. It does work both ways. I'm just not going to start something someone else might not want. They do have a right to privacy if they want it.
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Adoptees, Friends of Adoptees, Birth Parents and Adoptive Parents - Check In Here [View all]
Beearewhyain
Nov 2013
OP
Birth parent pain and suffering is also very common. We need to acknowledge that (eom)
StevieM
Nov 2013
#34
You are working on the assumption that your birth parents don't want to "be bothered"
StevieM
Nov 2013
#39
We finalized the adoption of our wonderful daughter six months ago this week
WhollyHeretic
Nov 2013
#15
Children are not gifts to be given. And losing a child to adoption can be quite tramatic (eom)
StevieM
Nov 2013
#43
I am sure that many adoptive parents are indeed grateful. And many others close the adoption
StevieM
Nov 2013
#54
My brother and I were adopted by my (step) father when my parents married.
Behind the Aegis
Nov 2013
#48