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

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1 the Scottisli experieellce
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i Enrynne srrml lo I* sr.rrhlng lor ye.;. Thll 10 lhr .qulr.lml bl I l prr
I I I I d , I o n I lm0 ndaptrr. nvrr age 11. IIr rndnl up
Rroup ol people llnds It 411 ht81 wrlllng .Imul 10 01 lhnnn wlln applied
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Impa,sll~lr la 1r.r. their hl.laglrnl lor Inlarm.llon clurln~ 1080 and IP7O.
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At lhln tlm.. sevm mnl. In l~ln sludy
were m1111 i&nagrri, 10 wrtr nvrr aie
Slnre wrll lrlnrr Ale. 1IaI.y'. Imh
40, md the rrmalndrr 1551 wrrr
won puhlllhrd. howrver. bdnpllon be~wrcn IO and 40. ~lmosl all 1t.d lvrn
mgmrlra and rrpl#lfnr# of hlrlh adoplrd Inlnnll. ?ha #o#l of 42
wrllll~.ln have hnn ,wrlvlng ever. lo llnd 1h.h bla!n#lcll p.r*nll. 20
Incrramln~ numbrra of rqunln lmm wanled Inlormallon nhulll thclr
adnplm lor prmlaslan In in llalr herlln#e lor pnnn.1 reason., and two '
ndoptlon mnd blrlh rtwrds.
n.nl.d ih- Inln.m.tlnn lor 1.I
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Ranna* .lioi.;cr.; h~rth Trl~elloll~ dlsravrr,A lome very
ctrlllle.lrs wllho~l a court order. rcvrallng I.ra .hut lhols whll had
u ''%.Id rmrd" lawn In the remalnlnp
ronlarld the Adnpllon llrg1s1ry. Two.
1 11aIes ars lhr lubJrrl 01 much drbslc
1hlrdn.l hl.grnupdld not llnd oul Ihry
lhrscd~y~. and many .#mCY prrlonnrl wet. adopled unlll pall 11, drlplll the
lert 1h.1 they were aclspld durlnp an
w1II be.ccr,*lblr 10adoplen who have rr* whm srrl.1 unrkrrm @mcmur'red
.doptln# parrnl, lo tell rhlldrm lhr
! Qor .I1 Involved In ihc adnpllon Irulh. Thlrlv lemtned lho~ wrre
1 procnl-adnplm. parenla who adapl adoptd from kurrn other lhin lhelr
, and hlnloglc.l p.ren1. - opnlng tho I.mllln. Trlsellulls rommmll: 7hr
! rt~otd. may hare a rrry dltrrt Impact penrr.1 reacllan la kina Iold by or
! on lhrlr pnan.1 llvr.. Apmcln, rhlrh flndln# oul from oulrldr sourrn,
. have Ir.dlll~n.lly ~~uarantrcd ~qml.11~ In adolrrrenrv nr #dull lllr.
ronlldmllallly to .I1 parllrr, wlll be war mml palnlul and dl6ttnslnKl'
i 1.4 wllh rhnllmgn In lhclr rl~hl la Ilr .Inn rzmrnlnn why the adupl-
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h(F6 hrlr 1nlorm.tlnn prlvale. No one rhost Ih.1 parllrullr llme In lhrlr llvn
can, 01 rounr, prdlrt rllher lhr lo rmbark an lhdr nunln. The anlwrr.
Immdlslr or lon#.lcrm re.rllonl lo lor nImo#t 111, &s some 'or1 01
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unncallng rrrotdl, bul everyon. prrnon.1 crlsls. The .rnrrh ww
1nvolv;d wonder. hnr channn wnuld ptwl~~llaled lot 40 pwple by lhr dralh
~ll~l~lhelr llvn, their lamllln or their ol one or hnlh adoptlvr parrnl-. Eleven
were mollr.lnl by ihc lmp#~dlnK hlrth
%me anlrrr# la 1hr.e Unknown. ol a rhlld. whllc two rere mnllv.led by
! .re pmvldd In lnoi rboul .dnpllon lmpndlng .dnpllons. Olhrr mlranl
In Scolland. onr of Ihr lrw mvnlrlrr rere rrcml marr1.p". scp.rnllnnl and
i wh.rc ,cmrd. ., .v.l.hl. lo .duplen dlvo,c.. .
over ue 11. Slnrt 1010. Rrolllsh rrrordn As 10 the rcsulls, lor lnlhlhosr who
havC.61~-n "opm." and John Trlsrllulls. sotqht Inln~m~llon and tho*= who
urlrl wntkrr, unl#rlmk wanled crunlon. RO prrrrnl had
11.dlu~r.r who Imhd .Ihdr porlllrr rracllon# ahnu1 lhrlr
I&# and why. Ilr puhlllhd hls r%prrlmrrs, whllr 10 pcrrcnl wrrr
allhsr di.~ppalnted or unrrrlnln .Lou1
In ~lr~lghllorw.rd and
jlp!I)fi. bmk. -In Se-rrh of Otlgln~."
Rpqtl3nr bnd Kegan Pmul. London and
k5102 1013.)
: . Tr~~lloll~ found 1h.I
lor lhe l&yr.A
wh.1 they hsd done.
Onr Inlrrr#llng chlplrr 11, lhr
.ludy. ronl.lnlnp o~#g.lllons by .Olr
ndep~e~s. Is 01 p.c~lr~I.t Inlerrsl.
Whllr there wa* no mw.1 n,nlnllu# .
on thr rxnct a ~ I r ddld .br~~ld lrirn
nhout adopllnn, .I1 agtcrd 1111.
~nlorm.tlnn nhnuld lx shaml. and thal
adsplers .Ian had dallvtllr ldrrs
abnut how lu refer in bc~lh lhrlr
blologlral pmrrnl# as well .I tho
Iamllln who .l