adoption

@nic24uk (571)
March 23, 2007 5:06pm CST
if you had a birth sibling who was adopted would you try and find them? or would you leave it incase they didnt know they were adopted?
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• United States
23 Mar 07
From personal experience, which I really don't want to go into at this time...I would search and search and search for them. Most adoptees in this day and age know they are adopted. And I think most want to find their biological families, but don't want to hurt the families that raised them. There are many search and reunion sites on the web that are having great success at reuniting adoptees and biological families. Is this a hypothetical question or personal? Just curious. You don't have to answer those if you don't want to.
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@nic24uk (571)
23 Mar 07
its a personal one. ive got everything ready to start the search but im just a bit apprehensive about finding him incase he doesnt know hes adopted or doesnt want to know us full stop.
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• United States
24 Mar 07
My suggestion is to locate him for your own peace of mind. Then take it from there as to whether or not you want to have contact. Who knows, he may be searching himself for his biological family. Do the search. If you want some help, I know of some sites and other places to register. A lot of it has to do on how much information you have about his adoption and birth as to whether or not it will be easy to locate him. If you would like, I could talk to you more privately about it.
@nic24uk (571)
24 Mar 07
hi i have registerd with a site and have got a form to go on a contact register but im just a bit scared to do it i really want to find him but i wouldnt want to cause him any upset or anything
• United States
23 Mar 07
I dont know. I think I would try to find them just for my own sanity. I dont know if I would confront them though because they may not know that they were adopted. I'd definitely want to see who my sibling was. I doubt I'd tell them though.
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@gleznov (391)
• United States
24 Mar 07
That's a good one... I would want to know who they were and meet them. But what I would probably do is find out who the adoptive parents are and talk to them first. If they were hell bent on my sibling never knowing, I would respect that. Otherwise, hello bro/sis!