Adopted?
By marcyaz
@Marcyaz (35316)
United States
March 11, 2016 1:54pm CST
What would you do if you found out you were adopted and had a twin sister?
Would you hunt for your birth parents or you sibling?
After looking into your adoption history and contacting the adoption agency about your medical history you found out about this sibling would you try to find out where she is?
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
12 Mar 16
I have a good friend who was adopted and she did look for and found her birth family. She said it was all very interesting and a blessing in disguise to be adopted. She herself is single, yet has adopted six children. All but one are adults. Her youngest is a senior in high school.
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
12 Mar 16
Without going into it I wish I had been adopted and if I had been I would have looked for any siblings and not the birth parents until I had spoken to them.
I admire, respect people who adopt
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
12 Mar 16
@GreatMartin
I also admire people who adopt children, I have know couples who have adopted and being able to finally have a child in their home was so wonderful for them and the child.
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@hostessman (11871)
• Tucson, Arizona
11 Mar 16
If it was me I would definately try to find her and anything else I could find out
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
12 Mar 16
@hostessman
I would be interested in finding her but as to the birth parents I think not.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
12 Mar 16
@hostessman
I would not be intersted as I could probably guess why.
@hostessman (11871)
• Tucson, Arizona
12 Mar 16
@Marcyaz I would like to find the parents to know why. It could be just the girl was to young or some reason it was better to let them go.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
11 Mar 16
Never having been faced with that possibility, I don't know what I would do.
This is like the question on of my brothers hated. He was one of a set of twins. The question, What is it like to be a twin?
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
12 Mar 16
@Morleyhunt
I have two sets of twins in my family and I know they are very close to each other.
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@pumpkinjam (8876)
• United Kingdom
16 Mar 16
Yes, I think I would do. I'd want to know why I'd been adopted, why I had been separated from my twin, and to find out all about them.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
16 Mar 16
@pumpkinjam
I would want to meet my twin and see how alike we are.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
11 Mar 16
I am not sure what i would do Marcy. It seems most adopts want to get in contact with their birth parents and siblings.
I hope that all those who do adopt children realize this that one day they may want to meet their own real parents.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
12 Mar 16
@TiarasOceanView
Siblings I would want to meet but not the people who gave me up as i have real parents who were there for me when I needed them.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
12 Mar 16
@Marcyaz Yeah that would make more sense to me.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
12 Mar 16
@TiarasOceanView
I know i would have no interest in meeting parents who didn't want me in the first place when I already have loving parents.
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@LeaPea2417 (40020)
• Toccoa, Georgia
12 Mar 16
Yes, I would probably search for her and the biological family.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
12 Mar 16
@LeaPea2417
I would want to meet her to see how alike we might be as or the parents I don't think so.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
12 Mar 16
I would, I'd want to know.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
12 Mar 16
@Jessicalynnt
Good for you some people would not want to know. I would want to know if I had a twin out there somewhere. I would want to meet and see what we have in common.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
12 Mar 16
@Marcyaz I would also want to know medical history and such, it wouldnt diminish my adoptive family, just give me a bigger one!
@softbabe44 (5815)
• Vancouver, Washington
11 Mar 16
You bet I would it could be the best thing you could ever do.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
12 Mar 16
@oftbabe44
It sure could be the best thing you have ever done.
@softbabe44 (5815)
• Vancouver, Washington
13 Mar 16
@Marcyaz It can be such a wonderful feeling.
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@GrannyGee (3517)
• Louisburg, North Carolina
12 Mar 16
I'd check her out ... stay far away ... because of the crazy family I grew up in! 
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
12 Mar 16
@GrannyGee
It would be nice to find her but wouldn't you want to get to know her, she would not have been part of your crazy adopted family.
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@VivaLaDani13 (60812)
• Perth, Australia
20 Apr 16
Yeah I would do anything to try and find her. Not only would it piece my life together, but it would do the same for her also. I'd also search for the birth parents too. I would have a lot of questions to ask if this ever happened to me.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
21 Apr 16
@VivaLaDani13
Some people would want to find her but others wouldn't.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
19 Apr 16
that's an interesting question, I think I would look for my twin.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
20 Apr 16
@fishtiger58
Not sure if I would or not but probably would if I had the time and inclination.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
20 Apr 16
@fishtiger58
It would be hard and I have not been adopted either but I know some people that are adopted.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
20 Apr 16
@Marcyaz It's really hard to say if you haven't been adopted, but I just don't really know. I am the spitting image of my mom so I know I'm not lol.
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@shaggin (74988)
• United States
11 Mar 16
I know that I would try to find them if that happened to me. It would be interesting to see how much we looked alike or how different. It would be neat to see if our personalities and interests are similar. I have heard some really neat stories over the years about things like this. Some have sad endings though but I would have to hope for the best if it were me.
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@celticeagle (189793)
• Boise, Idaho
12 Mar 16
I'd be rather curious. Funny thing, when I was young I thought for a while that I was adopted. Just a writer's active imagination I guess.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
12 Mar 16
@celtcieagle
I think when one is very young we all think that as I remember I did also.
@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
12 Mar 16
@Marcyaz May be, anyway I know that I am not adopted because I needed my full certificate of birth when I moved to another country. It took months to have, we must have a serious reason to obtain a birth certificate with the name of the parents and the witness to the birth.
@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
12 Mar 16
@Tampa_girl7
If I had a twin I would want to find her also.
@nanette64 (20363)
• Fairfield, Texas
12 Mar 16
I'm sure if there is a 'twin' out there that they are feeling that something is missing @Marcyaz as twins have a specific connection to each other.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
12 Mar 16
@nanette64
Then when they found each other they would know what had been missing in their life.
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