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"I actually had a horrible adoption situation, but that's a different story. I do understand the feeling of I guess it would be betrayal of my adopted parents keeping secrets from me. When I was 14, I accidently found some of my adoption papers.…"

"Hi, thanks for your point of view, which is great. I think that my personal situation is not one that could be considered normal, for many reasons, and  by saying this i do not wish to disrespect the situations of others. In my mind, a real…"

"Yes they are your real parents because they do all the real work required in parenting. Sometimes people get confused when I talk about my two different families (adopted and birth). They will stop me and ask me if I'm referring to my adopted…"

"Welcome !!! I hope you can find information on this website that can help you greatly !!"

"Being the real parent? I'm from two side of the adoption triadI'm an adoptee and a birth mother. In my hole life and I"m 37 I have never had true parents till I was 36 and my true parents are just very good friends of…"

"I don't know what the term Real Parents means, as I am pretty sure there are no imaginary parents out there.  But if you are looking for the definition of parent - then that is a  broad spectrum.  A parent is defined as one who…"

" Hi once again. Thank you all for answering or commenting. I too wish my adoption parents would be able to understand, but they are quite older than me and I don't think that their mentality will let them see things any other way . I guess…"

"I can't image the pain you must be feeling.  I am myself an adoptive parent to the most amazing 13 year old son.  Jonathan came home at 22 months old.  From day one we read books on adoption and celebrated the day I found out he…"

" I am so sorry for what you must be going through. As an adoptive mom myself, I think it is most important that an adopted child grow up knowing he/she is adopted.  I think in the past adoption was handled differently and not as open as it…"

"Hi Vincent !!!! I am 32 and was never really told about being adopted by my adoption parents. I found out when I was about 21 through another person but really didn't give it any though or importance. i do now as I am now a father and see…"

"Monique, i totally agree. I just cant understand why my adoption parents didn't tell me ( apparently she did when i was 5, but i cant remember that at all to be honest ). I feel that it is a total lack of respect towards the young person they…"

"We have a totally open adoption with our daughter's firstparents. She is only two but we have always told her her story. I never think there should be a big reveal. "

"You can forgive but you will never forget."