tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758040643831794733.post7623863328388486280..comments2023-05-06T02:38:34.564-05:00Comments on Skeleton Keys & Fleur De Lis: An Open Letter to the Woman My Mother Gave Up for Adoptiontwoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02122857701123029337noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758040643831794733.post-67647198748442700482010-12-02T13:28:02.053-06:002010-12-02T13:28:02.053-06:00Thank you, Crystal. It's been an emotional uph...Thank you, Crystal. It's been an emotional upheaval with her trying to contact someone different in my family each year. For whatever reason my mother didn't put the fathers name on the birth certificate. She will not speak of the circumstances. This woman just won't take "No" for an answer. By no means am I against adoption, I have known several friends who were adopted. At least half of them have no desire to search out their birth parents. <br /><br />It's just in this day and time, there is no need to get us involved and practically stalk my entire family in hopes of getting some sort of "health information". My mother's secret is out. That should be enough already.twoeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02122857701123029337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758040643831794733.post-3371538542891527442010-12-02T12:03:07.097-06:002010-12-02T12:03:07.097-06:00Wow, this is sad. My family is on the other end of...Wow, this is sad. My family is on the other end of the spectrum; my husband is adopted. He has had very little interest in finding his birth family, though at times he is really wanting to find the foster family who had him from birth to 14 mos. and wanted to adopt him, but at that time foster parents weren't allowed to adopt. My children want to know things, though. My husband's birth father was apparently 1/2 Native American, and my daughter looks very much so. and my son wants to study the language and join the tribe. My son asked the other day if he could just get a DNA test to determine his heritage so he could join the tribe because his family is his family and that's it. It's interesting to hear it from the other side. All you see these days are beautiful, tearful reunions. Thanks for this perspective.Friendly Neighborhood Republicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01349972438818550823noreply@blogger.com