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If you were an adopted adult and found out your birth mothers info would you contact her? Why or why not?

I just received the info but am not sure what I want to do with it yet? Both my adopted parents have died so I am not worried about hurting them. This just caught me out of the blue as I was not actively looking but they found me. I have no bad feelings don't get me wrong I am just perplexed and don't know what to say.

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  • 2 decades ago
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    HI! Speaking as an adoptive parent (of a 5 year old boy), a friend to many adoptees and adoptive parents, and as a person who grew up in a similiar situation without her biological father and having to make the choice of whether to contact him after many years of no contact... I think that you need to go with what your heart tells you to do.

    Just know that you shouldn't let any fears of being rejected stop you if you want to take the chance and meet or get to know your biological family. Once they are gone you may regret not taking that chance. At the same time you don't want to cause issues for yourself if you question the type of situation you would be walking in to. I would approach it very cautiously, if you are a Christian then pray about it until you feel a confirmation from God either way.

    I have tried many times to build a relationship with my biological father and he hasn't put much effort in it at all. My best friend, who is a 32 year old adoptee (she also has 2 non bio sisters who were adopted by her parents, one is 27 and the other is 12)... she has absolutely no desire to know anything about her bio family.

    I hope that my son's bio parents are cleaned up and still here when and if he ever wants to know more about them. I will do everything I can to assist him in his search when the time is right.

    Good luck with whatever choice you make. I would love to know how things turn out!!! Jenifer

  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago

    If you dont want to do it for yourself and them then if you could so it for your brothers and sisters if you have any. I am 23, and my mom gave a baby boy up for an adoption. I ALWAYS wanted a little brother and it always makes me sad to think that he is somewhere out there and i dont even know him. I have to wait until he is 18 to try and contact him. It is understandable if you dont want to speak to your birth parents though, good luck and let me know what happens!

  • sokin
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    First mothers disguising themselves as observed those with the purpose to state their perspectives on adoption reform? It feels like countless guy or woman's paranoid. i'm an observed guy or woman. i've got under no circumstances relinquished a sprint one. Heck, i'm infertile, so i've got under no circumstances even given beginning up to a sprint one. i could decide to look reforms in adoption. there is obviously no longer something radical in wanting to enhance a manner that has a historic previous of secrecy, dishonesty and discrimination. Why could openness, honesty and comparable healing under the regulation regarded radical? truly, the historic previous of adoption integrated all of those at one time. as a result, somebody wanting to offer those back could be greater defined as conservative, or doubtlessly reactionary, in words of adoption regulation and practice! Why could somebody assume that somebody in choose of such is could be a "birthmother" posing as an observed citizen? Paranoia? worry? loss of perception? nicely, it truly is basically too risky, even however there'll constantly be a pair of out on the fringe who're such.

  • 2 decades ago

    if u have a wonderful life right now, i wud suggest not 2 contact ur biological mom coz u wont know if she'll accept u or not.

    u might just hurt urself...

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  • 2 decades ago

    my wife wants to find her birth parents, but has no leads. i told her to concentrate on loving her adopted parents. there was a reason they gave her up.

  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago

    yes !! Family is the most important thing in life

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