Articles Book III - Pg 1-117 (Adoptees) - triadoption

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Dullno tho pnsl clphl monlhr. I havo ro. orlglns. Somalimos no1 knowlnp cnn soom lcw. Thclr alnllr hnvc n~ncnlo~lcnl
search for their parents I
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celvcd hundrcds 01 lcltars Itom odoplod- unb~nrnblc. As otlo loon snld: "I hnlo bolrnp llmy keep lllos bn ndoplocs nnd nntulol
and nonndoplod-tondnrs In lcaponro lo. luld.l'm no1 old Chouoh lo know:' pnrcnla wllh.lho hopo ol mnlchlnp them.
my nrllclo In SCvEIlTEEII. "My Scllch lo1 Why dld IhmY ulvc ma up?
Wham do Illnd?
My Rools" [Match, 1@77), oboul n taen.ogn IJ's hord lo ~tndc~alond haw n molhor 'hlnny ndoplccs nto nlrnld 01 whom Ihoy'II
adoplao'~ s~nrch lo, hor nnlutol molncr, cou~dglvo up hor bnby. ollen, lhn kldr lhlnk llnd~or 01 bclng lulncd nwny by lhosc lhcy
Whnl clruck mn most omul (here lcllen lhc,b wns aomallilng wrong wllh I11cm. A locolo. Dul lhcy usunlly llnd a vory nlco.
40s how dosporololy ndoploos ncod to lrcrlucnl quosllon: "Wos I Illaglllmnlo?" atdlnnry wornnn wAo.ls mn~rlcd nnd hnr 0
,ham lhofr lcollngs and how lsolalod lhoy !lost odoplcos' nnllllnl molhor~ aro hmlly 01 hcr own. I1 the malhor Ims no1 hld.
lor1 whcn llnoy don'l. For although lhn mn. yotino. unmnrrlnd womcn who could no1 don lho cnrllcr blrlh, shn moy bo glad lo
@rlly spoko lcndcrly aboul lhclr odoplba p~tvldn d homo lor tholt bnblcs, who, nltct hcnr lrom lho ndoplco. Bul iI alto hns kopl
pnranls, mony ol lheso lama people woro a i!alnlul doclrlon. e~rnnged lor tho bnby 1111s bnlnlul'eoctql lo~horsoll, oho's likely lo
alrold lo dlscuaa thoso leollngs wilh lhom. lo, o p~ncod Wllh 0 sullablo lamlly. hcillnle end lholt.orrango n prlvnla mccl.
Soma hnrd.1o.nnswc.r quosllom woro to. ,..om@
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of Illo lollor wrltarr wcro lmmar. Ing. FCC molheo roluao lo moo1 lha adop.
paoled In avcry lcllor, and lhcse arn tho llcp molhoro who hod roconlly olvcn up loo-only nbolrl.ono in n hundrcd.
ono I'vo choson lo wrlln oboul hero. lhil I bnblos lor ndopllon. Thoy wrolo 01 tho Ulfon tho nnll rol mothor Is rcllrclnnt lo
Who mrn I?
n~lny, lhcy'd pono lhrounh bccnuso ol 111" rovoal \he nome~ol Iho lolhcr. And he may
Evoryona nrks "Wlto Am I?",'-but pnr- lo:r lhcy loll lor lhnlr chlld. Moal hopcd bo nmblvolonl 2nbouI heallno lrom tho
.lculnrfq locn.ngcrs, rlnco ndobamnco Is
ndcplao. I!: ~2). 12r orsm?lc. lcrf a
lha limo lor pulllnp lopclhcr an ldcntlly.
linanclnl clnlm will bo mndo on him.
And Ihls Is nn ospoclolly hard qwslfon 101
Whnl heppnsnlhrrrbalon7
odopled klds lo enswar, slncc lhoy ollcn
Adoplccs whr:hnvo bc~n rounlted wilh
know nolhlng oboul lholr bockground. ono or more p:+ronls soy lhlngs Pko: "I
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Ono ndoploc wrolo: '.I cnn'l hslp won mqlher. Evon lholl~h I don'l know who slln leal bollor nbout mysoll." "I1 hns clwngcd
dcrlnn. whon I meel somoono. If Ihls pornon Istot wllnt aho'n Ilks. I lovo her bncnuso my lllo!' "My mlrd Is now ol eaao."
could bo my brolhcr or tlslor." lo. me aha's my only molhor." Olhets .I lhhk 1l'asnlp.lo nny lhol you llnd no1
Even lhough ndoplcos ronlllc they oro wFled lo thank lhclr molhors lor givlno so much n pnranl ns you llnd yoursoll. 1
tho sons nnd doughlorn 01 their adoplbe th~m o OtOnl lit0 wllh lholt ndopllvn wrontr. don'l know of nny odoplco who Is sorry aha
,parcnls. I lhoy won1 lo, lhoy ahould bn nbln Hm do I baoln In warch7 has tearehod-no tnallcr whom she fonds.
lo know who 1ho1r orlplnnl parents ara loo. k,ot mnny ronsons. Ira hnrd lo llguro ou~ Everyono need. lo know 1110 iru~h. How.
Who #m they? Wl!nro lo slnrl loohlno. You cnn'l scnrch ovcr, bo pro~nrrd lor n locllng 01 loldown
A lo1 ol ndoplces lhlnk oboul theft nnlurnl wllhoul a hnmo, whlch mas1 adoplous don'l nltcnmrd. Nnlurul pnrcnls nro lnvobcd in
porcnls whcn lhoy look in lho mltror, won- hqo. Rocords or0 logolly sonlod in all bul lholr om
llvci. They ollon lcol pullly nbool
derlng whoso cycs lhoy hove, moss color Wo slolos-Alnbama nnd Knnsns-and tho ndoploc-?and ovon tho odoplivo par.
01 hell, whoso noso, whoso body we. . ndopl~on opcnclos p~vo only dcscrlplions onls:And (ha odopten llnd~lhnl she has not
PI Pnronls, no1 ldonl8lflng magically chsnpcd bul la sllll lhn satno
Inlormollon. Many odop- pcrson wllh tho snmo problems, olthough
'1 don't know any adoptee IIva paranls dcny havlnp tho iwnlon b lfikcly lo cnoblu hot lo don1
101% lnlormnllon, nnd ndop wllh lhcm bcllcr.
who's SOW she ~eatdwd- loon nro ofton nfrold IO nsk MOSI odoplnes do not loci thnl ihc
no mafter he f i ~
!I'm htll nnywny. womnn lllcy lind Is lhclr molhcr, bul rnll~cr
Whcn nn ndoplcc Is n vory np~clnl lrlcnd. They olso lccl closor
olghloon, a110 cnn pallllnn to lholr ndoplivn pnrcnlo becnvso lhoy
All klds nl onn limo or nnolhcr prclcnd lhc courl lor llcr lccorda In tho slnlo wt~ero know lhclo nro no moro scciols.
that ihcy'to ndoplnd. Ihn! ~llcfr ten1 paronla her ndopllon wns mado llnal. I1 ilne ludo* 01 courso. :n,,l every ndoplac has lo
RIO roynlly mho wlll suddonlf aDPcn1 nnd lcols iho hus SllnWn "flood cnII1o;' hc will ~cnrcll lor ho* nnltrrnl palnnts, but I ballavn
clnlm Ihom. Oul tho ndoplen I3 nOl ImnOln- open hor lllo. This chnnncl cnn bo rrpon you hnvo tho tlghl lo know your origins 11
Ing-aim rcnlly docs havo olhor pnrcnll. nivc-and docs nOl olwnys work. Tho bcsl yo11 wnnl lo. As on0 lccn wrolo: -1 nced my
And thouoh sho mny drcnm lhry hnvo royol roula Is ll~rour~h on0 01 1110 mnny odoplco poll in ordcr to linlnh gtowlng up."
blood. sho nlso worrloa lhal lhey may 1101 ccnrch oloups ntound 1110 counlry: ALMA ,r,k,n ,,,en,s ..r*,r. U