An adopted child's right to know.

I believe every child has a right to know his or her heritage as soon as he or she is old enough to understand and take in the information. (The younger, the better as it could determine their outlook on life and their outcome in life as a person.) I think it's so sad when young and curious children are lied to and when secrets are kept about family ties. If a child is adopted, he or she should know from the time that they're young. If the adoption is kept a secret, when they get older and finally find out what has happened, they will probably resent their parents and also feel unloved. The hardest part is when an adopted child finds out he or she has been adopted on his or her own rather than from the parents. That makes it difficult and really puts a strain on the family and relationship between the child and parents. I really find these kinds of things interesting. I'd never heard about the faternal twins you mentioned who almost got married. That's ridiculous that things would come to that point! It's really sad that the twins hadn't found out earlier. I think everyone has a right to know who their family is, even if they were taken out of their original family and situation. Perhaps the parents were abusive and/or couldn't raise the children. The children still have a right to know. Things change so many years later. Children become curious. Every child has a dread or a feeling or a wonder in the back of their head as to whether or not they've been adopted. Everyone wants to know the truth. If they aren't told the truth early on, the truth will eventually rise to the top anyway and things could get really rough. It's depressing that those twins supposedly fell in love with each other to the point of marriage only to find out that they came out of the same womb, which probably explained why they were so much alike and got along so well to the point of getting married! It must have been devastating to the "couple" now twins and siblings about not being able to get married after all. It would also be really surprising and shocking to them. I'm sure they most definitely had mixed emotions about the news when they found out. That simply proves my point that everyone has a right to know where they came from. I had a similar situation in my family that came about on my dad's side. I say "came about" although it'd already happened by the time I was born and there wasn't a thing I could do about it. This circumstance that happened so many years ago wasn't revealed to me until I was 18 years old! I was very distraught over finding it out. There were so many skeletons in my family's closet that my head was spinning. And I believe you know what I'm talking about when I say that when a person is 18, it's a very crucial time in his or her life! I almost had a mental breakdown like things were falling apart all around me. Everyone has the right to know. This is the best discussion yet! Keep up the good work, my friend!!

yes that child has the roihgt to judge itself.

I also had a chance to come across that piece of information... i think that an adopted child has the right and needs to know if they are adopted and if they were conceive the natural way or through scientific means...and who their real parents are, and especially if they have a twin... But this sort of information must only be available if the child only when there is a desperate need to... such information may cause distraught to a child or person who is not prepared to accept such a reality...