Virginia couple sued by Afghan refugees of crazy scheme to kidnap their baby

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The Afghan couple (who the husband claims is the child's first cousin) has consistently refused to undergo DNA testing.

An investigative reporter went to Afghanistan and villagers said a foreign terrorist group who were light skinned set up camp in the village. The child who was orphaned had light hair and light-colored eyes, which is often consistent with families from regions like Chechnya or Uzbekista (common origins for foreign Al-Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan) rather than the local ethnic groups in that specific Afghan province that does not look like the child. If she were orphaned in another part of Afghanistan then it might be more plausible but in that area there aren't blond kids.

It was only months later this relative came forward who refuses to have DNA testing done.

Now add to that the orphan girl has FOUR FULL biological siblings in TEXAS. They ALL refuse to have DNA testing done and not one of them look like the orphan girl with light features.

My understanding is life is very, very tough for Afghan women who don't have the privilege of a protective and loving family. Very, very hard, to say the least. It's hard anywhere in the world. In a male-dominated, harsh desert war torn country, a little orphaned girl is in serious jeopardy of ending up in a very bad situation.

What I read on the case is that a man stepped forward when the orphaned girl was released from the military hospital, claiming to be her uncle. With the chaos of war, nobody to confirm nor refute his claims. The child was turned over to him. He then gave the child to his son. His son and his son's wife are the Afghan couple who are now fighting the American couple for custody of the child. They refuse to submit themselves to a DNA test to confirm they are related.

Why would they refuse DNA testing, if it can prove they are cousins? The obvious explanation is they are not related at all. As someone else pointed out, there is a chance this child is not even of Afghan parentage.

I'm on the side of whatever is safest for this child. Who can give her happiness as a child, and give her the security to grow up to be a thriving, strong woman? She's going to need all the strength she can get, what with her background and her likely return to Afghanistan as an adult in a quest to figure out who her family is. If they turn out to be terrible people, she can leave and return to the U.S. If she finds her family and they welcome her, good for her.

If the "cousins" end up taking the DNA test to confirm they are her family, that's another story. They should be given priority as her next of kin.

It doesn't matter if the Afghan couple are related by blood or if the child has blonde hair. What the Masts did was unbelievably horrific and is child trafficking 101. It is disgusting. An American doesn't get to just go to another country, and steal a baby because America is better (and I love our country). WTAF?!

Yeah probably better to let her stay in Afghanistan so she could be married at 12.

Better to be living with people whose work killed her parents and four siblings. Right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Afghan couple (who the husband claims is the child's first cousin) has consistently refused to undergo DNA testing.

An investigative reporter went to Afghanistan and villagers said a foreign terrorist group who were light skinned set up camp in the village. The child who was orphaned had light hair and light-colored eyes, which is often consistent with families from regions like Chechnya or Uzbekista (common origins for foreign Al-Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan) rather than the local ethnic groups in that specific Afghan province that does not look like the child. If she were orphaned in another part of Afghanistan then it might be more plausible but in that area there aren't blond kids.

It was only months later this relative came forward who refuses to have DNA testing done.

Now add to that the orphan girl has FOUR FULL biological siblings in TEXAS. They ALL refuse to have DNA testing done and not one of them look like the orphan girl with light features.

My understanding is life is very, very tough for Afghan women who don't have the privilege of a protective and loving family. Very, very hard, to say the least. It's hard anywhere in the world. In a male-dominated, harsh desert war torn country, a little orphaned girl is in serious jeopardy of ending up in a very bad situation.

What I read on the case is that a man stepped forward when the orphaned girl was released from the military hospital, claiming to be her uncle. With the chaos of war, nobody to confirm nor refute his claims. The child was turned over to him. He then gave the child to his son. His son and his son's wife are the Afghan couple who are now fighting the American couple for custody of the child. They refuse to submit themselves to a DNA test to confirm they are related.

Why would they refuse DNA testing, if it can prove they are cousins? The obvious explanation is they are not related at all. As someone else pointed out, there is a chance this child is not even of Afghan parentage.

I'm on the side of whatever is safest for this child. Who can give her happiness as a child, and give her the security to grow up to be a thriving, strong woman? She's going to need all the strength she can get, what with her background and her likely return to Afghanistan as an adult in a quest to figure out who her family is. If they turn out to be terrible people, she can leave and return to the U.S. If she finds her family and they welcome her, good for her.

If the "cousins" end up taking the DNA test to confirm they are her family, that's another story. They should be given priority as her next of kin.

It doesn't matter if the Afghan couple are related by blood or if the child has blonde hair. What the Masts did was unbelievably horrific and is child trafficking 101. It is disgusting. An American doesn't get to just go to another country, and steal a baby because America is better (and I love our country). WTAF?!

I do not agree with you. I think the child's safety should be the top concern. You can call it trafficking if you want, but all the spin in the world is not going to change the reality of the situation.

I don't know a lot about Afghanistan but I do know it's a harsh, male dominated society currently run by the ruthless Taliban. Do you refute this? She's a vulnerable little girl child. That should be the top concern.

She fell under the province of the Americans as the lone survivor of a firefight. The Americans scooped her up and got her to a hospital. Thank God they got her to a hospital, or she likely would not have survived. From that point on they had a responsibility to ensure she was safe, considering she was orphaned.

If the Afghan couple are not family, they have no more right to have custody than the American couple.

Please tell me that your pea brain understands the Americans killed her entire family and grievously injured her in this "firefight." They didn't happen upon a crime scene and heroically save a survivor, they killed a family including a bunch of kids and took the one that wasn't finished off when they left.

Also the Afghan family does have more right to her than the Masts because she is Afghani, not American. That's international law. You can't steal kids you think are cute from other countries because 'Murica.

+1.

[Anonymous]

Good ol’ Virginia boy Judge Moore decided to “take the word” of the lying Masts over the federal government and the Afghan government, so a baby was stolen from its country.

Good job Virginia. And the Marines should cut Mast’s pension for behaving so dishonorably.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Afghan couple (who the husband claims is the child's first cousin) has consistently refused to undergo DNA testing.

An investigative reporter went to Afghanistan and villagers said a foreign terrorist group who were light skinned set up camp in the village. The child who was orphaned had light hair and light-colored eyes, which is often consistent with families from regions like Chechnya or Uzbekista (common origins for foreign Al-Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan) rather than the local ethnic groups in that specific Afghan province that does not look like the child. If she were orphaned in another part of Afghanistan then it might be more plausible but in that area there aren't blond kids.

It was only months later this relative came forward who refuses to have DNA testing done.

Now add to that the orphan girl has FOUR FULL biological siblings in TEXAS. They ALL refuse to have DNA testing done and not one of them look like the orphan girl with light features.

My understanding is life is very, very tough for Afghan women who don't have the privilege of a protective and loving family. Very, very hard, to say the least. It's hard anywhere in the world. In a male-dominated, harsh desert war torn country, a little orphaned girl is in serious jeopardy of ending up in a very bad situation.

What I read on the case is that a man stepped forward when the orphaned girl was released from the military hospital, claiming to be her uncle. With the chaos of war, nobody to confirm nor refute his claims. The child was turned over to him. He then gave the child to his son. His son and his son's wife are the Afghan couple who are now fighting the American couple for custody of the child. They refuse to submit themselves to a DNA test to confirm they are related.

Why would they refuse DNA testing, if it can prove they are cousins? The obvious explanation is they are not related at all. As someone else pointed out, there is a chance this child is not even of Afghan parentage.

I'm on the side of whatever is safest for this child. Who can give her happiness as a child, and give her the security to grow up to be a thriving, strong woman? She's going to need all the strength she can get, what with her background and her likely return to Afghanistan as an adult in a quest to figure out who her family is. If they turn out to be terrible people, she can leave and return to the U.S. If she finds her family and they welcome her, good for her.

If the "cousins" end up taking the DNA test to confirm they are her family, that's another story. They should be given priority as her next of kin.

It doesn't matter if the Afghan couple are related by blood or if the child has blonde hair. What the Masts did was unbelievably horrific and is child trafficking 101. It is disgusting. An American doesn't get to just go to another country, and steal a baby because America is better (and I love our country). WTAF?!

I do not agree with you. I think the child's safety should be the top concern. You can call it trafficking if you want, but all the spin in the world is not going to change the reality of the situation.

I don't know a lot about Afghanistan but I do know it's a harsh, male dominated society currently run by the ruthless Taliban. Do you refute this? She's a vulnerable little girl child. That should be the top concern.

She fell under the province of the Americans as the lone survivor of a firefight. The Americans scooped her up and got her to a hospital. Thank God they got her to a hospital, or she likely would not have survived. From that point on they had a responsibility to ensure she was safe, considering she was orphaned.

If the Afghan couple are not family, they have no more right to have custody than the American couple.

Have you ever been to Afghanistan? Do you know what life is like for wealthy or even middle class families? It's not all war lords and Taliban.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Afghan couple (who the husband claims is the child's first cousin) has consistently refused to undergo DNA testing.

An investigative reporter went to Afghanistan and villagers said a foreign terrorist group who were light skinned set up camp in the village. The child who was orphaned had light hair and light-colored eyes, which is often consistent with families from regions like Chechnya or Uzbekista (common origins for foreign Al-Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan) rather than the local ethnic groups in that specific Afghan province that does not look like the child. If she were orphaned in another part of Afghanistan then it might be more plausible but in that area there aren't blond kids.

It was only months later this relative came forward who refuses to have DNA testing done.

Now add to that the orphan girl has FOUR FULL biological siblings in TEXAS. They ALL refuse to have DNA testing done and not one of them look like the orphan girl with light features.

My understanding is life is very, very tough for Afghan women who don't have the privilege of a protective and loving family. Very, very hard, to say the least. It's hard anywhere in the world. In a male-dominated, harsh desert war torn country, a little orphaned girl is in serious jeopardy of ending up in a very bad situation.

What I read on the case is that a man stepped forward when the orphaned girl was released from the military hospital, claiming to be her uncle. With the chaos of war, nobody to confirm nor refute his claims. The child was turned over to him. He then gave the child to his son. His son and his son's wife are the Afghan couple who are now fighting the American couple for custody of the child. They refuse to submit themselves to a DNA test to confirm they are related.

Why would they refuse DNA testing, if it can prove they are cousins? The obvious explanation is they are not related at all. As someone else pointed out, there is a chance this child is not even of Afghan parentage.

I'm on the side of whatever is safest for this child. Who can give her happiness as a child, and give her the security to grow up to be a thriving, strong woman? She's going to need all the strength she can get, what with her background and her likely return to Afghanistan as an adult in a quest to figure out who her family is. If they turn out to be terrible people, she can leave and return to the U.S. If she finds her family and they welcome her, good for her.

If the "cousins" end up taking the DNA test to confirm they are her family, that's another story. They should be given priority as her next of kin.

It doesn't matter if the Afghan couple are related by blood or if the child has blonde hair. What the Masts did was unbelievably horrific and is child trafficking 101. It is disgusting. An American doesn't get to just go to another country, and steal a baby because America is better (and I love our country). WTAF?!

I do not agree with you. I think the child's safety should be the top concern. You can call it trafficking if you want, but all the spin in the world is not going to change the reality of the situation.

I don't know a lot about Afghanistan but I do know it's a harsh, male dominated society currently run by the ruthless Taliban. Do you refute this? She's a vulnerable little girl child. That should be the top concern.

She fell under the province of the Americans as the lone survivor of a firefight. The Americans scooped her up and got her to a hospital. Thank God they got her to a hospital, or she likely would not have survived. From that point on they had a responsibility to ensure she was safe, considering she was orphaned.

If the Afghan couple are not family, they have no more right to have custody than the American couple.

Please tell me that your pea brain understands the Americans killed her entire family and grievously injured her in this "firefight." They didn't happen upon a crime scene and heroically save a survivor, they killed a family including a bunch of kids and took the one that wasn't finished off when they left.

Also the Afghan family does have more right to her than the Masts because she is Afghani, not American. That's international law. You can't steal kids you think are cute from other countries because 'Murica.

+1.

I didn't approve of us going into Afghanistan and I don't approve of any efforts to enter other conflicts in the ME. Not our circus, not our monkeys. Just so you know.

I also watched in disbelief when Afghans capitulated to the Taliban immediately after the Americans left. All the effort to help women wasted. All the young American lives lost, wasted. All the devastation in Afghanistan, wasted. And nothing changed.

That is the other side of the coin. Afghanistan is a hellhole, okay? You think this orphaned child should have remained there, to who knows what fate awaited her as an orphaned child?

Give it some thought.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Afghan couple (who the husband claims is the child's first cousin) has consistently refused to undergo DNA testing.

An investigative reporter went to Afghanistan and villagers said a foreign terrorist group who were light skinned set up camp in the village. The child who was orphaned had light hair and light-colored eyes, which is often consistent with families from regions like Chechnya or Uzbekista (common origins for foreign Al-Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan) rather than the local ethnic groups in that specific Afghan province that does not look like the child. If she were orphaned in another part of Afghanistan then it might be more plausible but in that area there aren't blond kids.

It was only months later this relative came forward who refuses to have DNA testing done.

Now add to that the orphan girl has FOUR FULL biological siblings in TEXAS. They ALL refuse to have DNA testing done and not one of them look like the orphan girl with light features.

My understanding is life is very, very tough for Afghan women who don't have the privilege of a protective and loving family. Very, very hard, to say the least. It's hard anywhere in the world. In a male-dominated, harsh desert war torn country, a little orphaned girl is in serious jeopardy of ending up in a very bad situation.

What I read on the case is that a man stepped forward when the orphaned girl was released from the military hospital, claiming to be her uncle. With the chaos of war, nobody to confirm nor refute his claims. The child was turned over to him. He then gave the child to his son. His son and his son's wife are the Afghan couple who are now fighting the American couple for custody of the child. They refuse to submit themselves to a DNA test to confirm they are related.

Why would they refuse DNA testing, if it can prove they are cousins? The obvious explanation is they are not related at all. As someone else pointed out, there is a chance this child is not even of Afghan parentage.

I'm on the side of whatever is safest for this child. Who can give her happiness as a child, and give her the security to grow up to be a thriving, strong woman? She's going to need all the strength she can get, what with her background and her likely return to Afghanistan as an adult in a quest to figure out who her family is. If they turn out to be terrible people, she can leave and return to the U.S. If she finds her family and they welcome her, good for her.

If the "cousins" end up taking the DNA test to confirm they are her family, that's another story. They should be given priority as her next of kin.

It doesn't matter if the Afghan couple are related by blood or if the child has blonde hair. What the Masts did was unbelievably horrific and is child trafficking 101. It is disgusting. An American doesn't get to just go to another country, and steal a baby because America is better (and I love our country). WTAF?!

I do not agree with you. I think the child's safety should be the top concern. You can call it trafficking if you want, but all the spin in the world is not going to change the reality of the situation.

I don't know a lot about Afghanistan but I do know it's a harsh, male dominated society currently run by the ruthless Taliban. Do you refute this? She's a vulnerable little girl child. That should be the top concern.

She fell under the province of the Americans as the lone survivor of a firefight. The Americans scooped her up and got her to a hospital. Thank God they got her to a hospital, or she likely would not have survived. From that point on they had a responsibility to ensure she was safe, considering she was orphaned.

If the Afghan couple are not family, they have no more right to have custody than the American couple.

The Masts and their crazy child trafficking cult has entered the chat. Sure hope some couple from Japan or France or Russia or Australia decide that the US is too unsafe for children given all the school shootings and guns and decides to take my kids and adopt them. I mean, what’s stopping them under this precedent.

Keep a firm grip on your kids, especially if you go on vacation overseas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Afghan couple (who the husband claims is the child's first cousin) has consistently refused to undergo DNA testing.

An investigative reporter went to Afghanistan and villagers said a foreign terrorist group who were light skinned set up camp in the village. The child who was orphaned had light hair and light-colored eyes, which is often consistent with families from regions like Chechnya or Uzbekista (common origins for foreign Al-Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan) rather than the local ethnic groups in that specific Afghan province that does not look like the child. If she were orphaned in another part of Afghanistan then it might be more plausible but in that area there aren't blond kids.

It was only months later this relative came forward who refuses to have DNA testing done.

Now add to that the orphan girl has FOUR FULL biological siblings in TEXAS. They ALL refuse to have DNA testing done and not one of them look like the orphan girl with light features.

My understanding is life is very, very tough for Afghan women who don't have the privilege of a protective and loving family. Very, very hard, to say the least. It's hard anywhere in the world. In a male-dominated, harsh desert war torn country, a little orphaned girl is in serious jeopardy of ending up in a very bad situation.

What I read on the case is that a man stepped forward when the orphaned girl was released from the military hospital, claiming to be her uncle. With the chaos of war, nobody to confirm nor refute his claims. The child was turned over to him. He then gave the child to his son. His son and his son's wife are the Afghan couple who are now fighting the American couple for custody of the child. They refuse to submit themselves to a DNA test to confirm they are related.

Why would they refuse DNA testing, if it can prove they are cousins? The obvious explanation is they are not related at all. As someone else pointed out, there is a chance this child is not even of Afghan parentage.

I'm on the side of whatever is safest for this child. Who can give her happiness as a child, and give her the security to grow up to be a thriving, strong woman? She's going to need all the strength she can get, what with her background and her likely return to Afghanistan as an adult in a quest to figure out who her family is. If they turn out to be terrible people, she can leave and return to the U.S. If she finds her family and they welcome her, good for her.

If the "cousins" end up taking the DNA test to confirm they are her family, that's another story. They should be given priority as her next of kin.

It doesn't matter if the Afghan couple are related by blood or if the child has blonde hair. What the Masts did was unbelievably horrific and is child trafficking 101. It is disgusting. An American doesn't get to just go to another country, and steal a baby because America is better (and I love our country). WTAF?!

I do not agree with you. I think the child's safety should be the top concern. You can call it trafficking if you want, but all the spin in the world is not going to change the reality of the situation.

I don't know a lot about Afghanistan but I do know it's a harsh, male dominated society currently run by the ruthless Taliban. Do you refute this? She's a vulnerable little girl child. That should be the top concern.

She fell under the province of the Americans as the lone survivor of a firefight. The Americans scooped her up and got her to a hospital. Thank God they got her to a hospital, or she likely would not have survived. From that point on they had a responsibility to ensure she was safe, considering she was orphaned.

If the Afghan couple are not family, they have no more right to have custody than the American couple.

Please tell me that your pea brain understands the Americans killed her entire family and grievously injured her in this "firefight." They didn't happen upon a crime scene and heroically save a survivor, they killed a family including a bunch of kids and took the one that wasn't finished off when they left.

Also the Afghan family does have more right to her than the Masts because she is Afghani, not American. That's international law. You can't steal kids you think are cute from other countries because 'Murica.

+1.

I didn't approve of us going into Afghanistan and I don't approve of any efforts to enter other conflicts in the ME. Not our circus, not our monkeys. Just so you know.

I also watched in disbelief when Afghans capitulated to the Taliban immediately after the Americans left. All the effort to help women wasted. All the young American lives lost, wasted. All the devastation in Afghanistan, wasted. And nothing changed.

That is the other side of the coin. Afghanistan is a hellhole, okay? You think this orphaned child should have remained there, to who knows what fate awaited her as an orphaned child?

Give it some thought.

She should be in Texas with the Afghan couple.

[Anonymous]

She is a human baby, not just Muslim, Christian, Afghan or American baby. A mixed race and religion jury should decide what would be better for her as currently she is on American soil. If extended family wants to adopt her and has no red flags, that's the best option in my opinion. As far as religion goes, people of any religion can adopt her as pong as they agree to give her religious freedom and basic education of religion her parents followed. I wouldn't support choosing any over religious family of any religion. Some educated and open minded family would serve her interests best.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Afghan couple (who the husband claims is the child's first cousin) has consistently refused to undergo DNA testing.

An investigative reporter went to Afghanistan and villagers said a foreign terrorist group who were light skinned set up camp in the village. The child who was orphaned had light hair and light-colored eyes, which is often consistent with families from regions like Chechnya or Uzbekista (common origins for foreign Al-Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan) rather than the local ethnic groups in that specific Afghan province that does not look like the child. If she were orphaned in another part of Afghanistan then it might be more plausible but in that area there aren't blond kids.

It was only months later this relative came forward who refuses to have DNA testing done.

Now add to that the orphan girl has FOUR FULL biological siblings in TEXAS. They ALL refuse to have DNA testing done and not one of them look like the orphan girl with light features.

My understanding is life is very, very tough for Afghan women who don't have the privilege of a protective and loving family. Very, very hard, to say the least. It's hard anywhere in the world. In a male-dominated, harsh desert war torn country, a little orphaned girl is in serious jeopardy of ending up in a very bad situation.

What I read on the case is that a man stepped forward when the orphaned girl was released from the military hospital, claiming to be her uncle. With the chaos of war, nobody to confirm nor refute his claims. The child was turned over to him. He then gave the child to his son. His son and his son's wife are the Afghan couple who are now fighting the American couple for custody of the child. They refuse to submit themselves to a DNA test to confirm they are related.

Why would they refuse DNA testing, if it can prove they are cousins? The obvious explanation is they are not related at all. As someone else pointed out, there is a chance this child is not even of Afghan parentage.

I'm on the side of whatever is safest for this child. Who can give her happiness as a child, and give her the security to grow up to be a thriving, strong woman? She's going to need all the strength she can get, what with her background and her likely return to Afghanistan as an adult in a quest to figure out who her family is. If they turn out to be terrible people, she can leave and return to the U.S. If she finds her family and they welcome her, good for her.

If the "cousins" end up taking the DNA test to confirm they are her family, that's another story. They should be given priority as her next of kin.

It doesn't matter if the Afghan couple are related by blood or if the child has blonde hair. What the Masts did was unbelievably horrific and is child trafficking 101. It is disgusting. An American doesn't get to just go to another country, and steal a baby because America is better (and I love our country). WTAF?!

I do not agree with you. I think the child's safety should be the top concern. You can call it trafficking if you want, but all the spin in the world is not going to change the reality of the situation.

I don't know a lot about Afghanistan but I do know it's a harsh, male dominated society currently run by the ruthless Taliban. Do you refute this? She's a vulnerable little girl child. That should be the top concern.

She fell under the province of the Americans as the lone survivor of a firefight. The Americans scooped her up and got her to a hospital. Thank God they got her to a hospital, or she likely would not have survived. From that point on they had a responsibility to ensure she was safe, considering she was orphaned.

If the Afghan couple are not family, they have no more right to have custody than the American couple.

Please tell me that your pea brain understands the Americans killed her entire family and grievously injured her in this "firefight." They didn't happen upon a crime scene and heroically save a survivor, they killed a family including a bunch of kids and took the one that wasn't finished off when they left.

Also the Afghan family does have more right to her than the Masts because she is Afghani, not American. That's international law. You can't steal kids you think are cute from other countries because 'Murica.

+1.

I didn't approve of us going into Afghanistan and I don't approve of any efforts to enter other conflicts in the ME. Not our circus, not our monkeys. Just so you know.

I also watched in disbelief when Afghans capitulated to the Taliban immediately after the Americans left. All the effort to help women wasted. All the young American lives lost, wasted. All the devastation in Afghanistan, wasted. And nothing changed.

That is the other side of the coin. Afghanistan is a hellhole, okay? You think this orphaned child should have remained there, to who knows what fate awaited her as an orphaned child?

Give it some thought.

So Americans should just start going to their local judge and submitting to adopt babies that are born in shit hole countries, and then bring that family here and take the child away because they can certainly provide a better life than that shit whole country.
And then, people in France and Australia and Switzerland can read our birth announcements in the USA and submit to their local government to start adopting American babies they see announcements for. And if we ever travel overseas, they can just take the child because they can provide a better life for it in a nation without mass shootings, and low infant and maternal mortality.
The reality is this marine was responsible for murdering her family. He’s doing this out of guilt. He just needs to go to counseling.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Afghan couple (who the husband claims is the child's first cousin) has consistently refused to undergo DNA testing.

An investigative reporter went to Afghanistan and villagers said a foreign terrorist group who were light skinned set up camp in the village. The child who was orphaned had light hair and light-colored eyes, which is often consistent with families from regions like Chechnya or Uzbekista (common origins for foreign Al-Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan) rather than the local ethnic groups in that specific Afghan province that does not look like the child. If she were orphaned in another part of Afghanistan then it might be more plausible but in that area there aren't blond kids.

It was only months later this relative came forward who refuses to have DNA testing done.

Now add to that the orphan girl has FOUR FULL biological siblings in TEXAS. They ALL refuse to have DNA testing done and not one of them look like the orphan girl with light features.

My understanding is life is very, very tough for Afghan women who don't have the privilege of a protective and loving family. Very, very hard, to say the least. It's hard anywhere in the world. In a male-dominated, harsh desert war torn country, a little orphaned girl is in serious jeopardy of ending up in a very bad situation.

What I read on the case is that a man stepped forward when the orphaned girl was released from the military hospital, claiming to be her uncle. With the chaos of war, nobody to confirm nor refute his claims. The child was turned over to him. He then gave the child to his son. His son and his son's wife are the Afghan couple who are now fighting the American couple for custody of the child. They refuse to submit themselves to a DNA test to confirm they are related.

Why would they refuse DNA testing, if it can prove they are cousins? The obvious explanation is they are not related at all. As someone else pointed out, there is a chance this child is not even of Afghan parentage.

I'm on the side of whatever is safest for this child. Who can give her happiness as a child, and give her the security to grow up to be a thriving, strong woman? She's going to need all the strength she can get, what with her background and her likely return to Afghanistan as an adult in a quest to figure out who her family is. If they turn out to be terrible people, she can leave and return to the U.S. If she finds her family and they welcome her, good for her.

If the "cousins" end up taking the DNA test to confirm they are her family, that's another story. They should be given priority as her next of kin.

It doesn't matter if the Afghan couple are related by blood or if the child has blonde hair. What the Masts did was unbelievably horrific and is child trafficking 101. It is disgusting. An American doesn't get to just go to another country, and steal a baby because America is better (and I love our country). WTAF?!

I do not agree with you. I think the child's safety should be the top concern. You can call it trafficking if you want, but all the spin in the world is not going to change the reality of the situation.

I don't know a lot about Afghanistan but I do know it's a harsh, male dominated society currently run by the ruthless Taliban. Do you refute this? She's a vulnerable little girl child. That should be the top concern.

She fell under the province of the Americans as the lone survivor of a firefight. The Americans scooped her up and got her to a hospital. Thank God they got her to a hospital, or she likely would not have survived. From that point on they had a responsibility to ensure she was safe, considering she was orphaned.

If the Afghan couple are not family, they have no more right to have custody than the American couple.

Please tell me that your pea brain understands the Americans killed her entire family and grievously injured her in this "firefight." They didn't happen upon a crime scene and heroically save a survivor, they killed a family including a bunch of kids and took the one that wasn't finished off when they left.

Also the Afghan family does have more right to her than the Masts because she is Afghani, not American. That's international law. You can't steal kids you think are cute from other countries because 'Murica.

+1.

I didn't approve of us going into Afghanistan and I don't approve of any efforts to enter other conflicts in the ME. Not our circus, not our monkeys. Just so you know.

I also watched in disbelief when Afghans capitulated to the Taliban immediately after the Americans left. All the effort to help women wasted. All the young American lives lost, wasted. All the devastation in Afghanistan, wasted. And nothing changed.

That is the other side of the coin. Afghanistan is a hellhole, okay? You think this orphaned child should have remained there, to who knows what fate awaited her as an orphaned child?

Give it some thought.

So Americans should just start going to their local judge and submitting to adopt babies that are born in shit hole countries, and then bring that family here and take the child away because they can certainly provide a better life than that shit whole country.
And then, people in France and Australia and Switzerland can read our birth announcements in the USA and submit to their local government to start adopting American babies they see announcements for. And if we ever travel overseas, they can just take the child because they can provide a better life for it in a nation without mass shootings, and low infant and maternal mortality.
The reality is this marine was responsible for murdering her family. He’s doing this out of guilt. He just needs to go to counseling.

That Marine should be in jail for lying to his officers and the judge who approved this adoption. This reflects badly on the entire American military, and shame on the Trump administration for having the federal government abandon this case, and ignoring international law.

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Anonymous wrote:The Afghan couple (who the husband claims is the child's first cousin) has consistently refused to undergo DNA testing.

An investigative reporter went to Afghanistan and villagers said a foreign terrorist group who were light skinned set up camp in the village. The child who was orphaned had light hair and light-colored eyes, which is often consistent with families from regions like Chechnya or Uzbekista (common origins for foreign Al-Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan) rather than the local ethnic groups in that specific Afghan province that does not look like the child. If she were orphaned in another part of Afghanistan then it might be more plausible but in that area there aren't blond kids.

It was only months later this relative came forward who refuses to have DNA testing done.

Now add to that the orphan girl has FOUR FULL biological siblings in TEXAS. They ALL refuse to have DNA testing done and not one of them look like the orphan girl with light features.

My understanding is life is very, very tough for Afghan women who don't have the privilege of a protective and loving family. Very, very hard, to say the least. It's hard anywhere in the world. In a male-dominated, harsh desert war torn country, a little orphaned girl is in serious jeopardy of ending up in a very bad situation.

What I read on the case is that a man stepped forward when the orphaned girl was released from the military hospital, claiming to be her uncle. With the chaos of war, nobody to confirm nor refute his claims. The child was turned over to him. He then gave the child to his son. His son and his son's wife are the Afghan couple who are now fighting the American couple for custody of the child. They refuse to submit themselves to a DNA test to confirm they are related.

Why would they refuse DNA testing, if it can prove they are cousins? The obvious explanation is they are not related at all. As someone else pointed out, there is a chance this child is not even of Afghan parentage.

I'm on the side of whatever is safest for this child. Who can give her happiness as a child, and give her the security to grow up to be a thriving, strong woman? She's going to need all the strength she can get, what with her background and her likely return to Afghanistan as an adult in a quest to figure out who her family is. If they turn out to be terrible people, she can leave and return to the U.S. If she finds her family and they welcome her, good for her.

If the "cousins" end up taking the DNA test to confirm they are her family, that's another story. They should be given priority as her next of kin.

It doesn't matter if the Afghan couple are related by blood or if the child has blonde hair. What the Masts did was unbelievably horrific and is child trafficking 101. It is disgusting. An American doesn't get to just go to another country, and steal a baby because America is better (and I love our country). WTAF?!

I do not agree with you. I think the child's safety should be the top concern. You can call it trafficking if you want, but all the spin in the world is not going to change the reality of the situation.

I don't know a lot about Afghanistan but I do know it's a harsh, male dominated society currently run by the ruthless Taliban. Do you refute this? She's a vulnerable little girl child. That should be the top concern.

She fell under the province of the Americans as the lone survivor of a firefight. The Americans scooped her up and got her to a hospital. Thank God they got her to a hospital, or she likely would not have survived. From that point on they had a responsibility to ensure she was safe, considering she was orphaned.

If the Afghan couple are not family, they have no more right to have custody than the American couple.

Please tell me that your pea brain understands the Americans killed her entire family and grievously injured her in this "firefight." They didn't happen upon a crime scene and heroically save a survivor, they killed a family including a bunch of kids and took the one that wasn't finished off when they left.

Also the Afghan family does have more right to her than the Masts because she is Afghani, not American. That's international law. You can't steal kids you think are cute from other countries because 'Murica.

+1.

I didn't approve of us going into Afghanistan and I don't approve of any efforts to enter other conflicts in the ME. Not our circus, not our monkeys. Just so you know.

I also watched in disbelief when Afghans capitulated to the Taliban immediately after the Americans left. All the effort to help women wasted. All the young American lives lost, wasted. All the devastation in Afghanistan, wasted. And nothing changed.

That is the other side of the coin. Afghanistan is a hellhole, okay? You think this orphaned child should have remained there, to who knows what fate awaited her as an orphaned child?

Give it some thought.

My thought is that she was in Texas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Afghan couple (who the husband claims is the child's first cousin) has consistently refused to undergo DNA testing.

An investigative reporter went to Afghanistan and villagers said a foreign terrorist group who were light skinned set up camp in the village. The child who was orphaned had light hair and light-colored eyes, which is often consistent with families from regions like Chechnya or Uzbekista (common origins for foreign Al-Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan) rather than the local ethnic groups in that specific Afghan province that does not look like the child. If she were orphaned in another part of Afghanistan then it might be more plausible but in that area there aren't blond kids.

It was only months later this relative came forward who refuses to have DNA testing done.

Now add to that the orphan girl has FOUR FULL biological siblings in TEXAS. They ALL refuse to have DNA testing done and not one of them look like the orphan girl with light features.

My understanding is life is very, very tough for Afghan women who don't have the privilege of a protective and loving family. Very, very hard, to say the least. It's hard anywhere in the world. In a male-dominated, harsh desert war torn country, a little orphaned girl is in serious jeopardy of ending up in a very bad situation.

What I read on the case is that a man stepped forward when the orphaned girl was released from the military hospital, claiming to be her uncle. With the chaos of war, nobody to confirm nor refute his claims. The child was turned over to him. He then gave the child to his son. His son and his son's wife are the Afghan couple who are now fighting the American couple for custody of the child. They refuse to submit themselves to a DNA test to confirm they are related.

Why would they refuse DNA testing, if it can prove they are cousins? The obvious explanation is they are not related at all. As someone else pointed out, there is a chance this child is not even of Afghan parentage.

I'm on the side of whatever is safest for this child. Who can give her happiness as a child, and give her the security to grow up to be a thriving, strong woman? She's going to need all the strength she can get, what with her background and her likely return to Afghanistan as an adult in a quest to figure out who her family is. If they turn out to be terrible people, she can leave and return to the U.S. If she finds her family and they welcome her, good for her.

If the "cousins" end up taking the DNA test to confirm they are her family, that's another story. They should be given priority as her next of kin.

It doesn't matter if the Afghan couple are related by blood or if the child has blonde hair. What the Masts did was unbelievably horrific and is child trafficking 101. It is disgusting. An American doesn't get to just go to another country, and steal a baby because America is better (and I love our country). WTAF?!

I do not agree with you. I think the child's safety should be the top concern. You can call it trafficking if you want, but all the spin in the world is not going to change the reality of the situation.

I don't know a lot about Afghanistan but I do know it's a harsh, male dominated society currently run by the ruthless Taliban. Do you refute this? She's a vulnerable little girl child. That should be the top concern.

She fell under the province of the Americans as the lone survivor of a firefight. The Americans scooped her up and got her to a hospital. Thank God they got her to a hospital, or she likely would not have survived. From that point on they had a responsibility to ensure she was safe, considering she was orphaned.

If the Afghan couple are not family, they have no more right to have custody than the American couple.

Please tell me that your pea brain understands the Americans killed her entire family and grievously injured her in this "firefight." They didn't happen upon a crime scene and heroically save a survivor, they killed a family including a bunch of kids and took the one that wasn't finished off when they left.

Also the Afghan family does have more right to her than the Masts because she is Afghani, not American. That's international law. You can't steal kids you think are cute from other countries because 'Murica.

+1.

I didn't approve of us going into Afghanistan and I don't approve of any efforts to enter other conflicts in the ME. Not our circus, not our monkeys. Just so you know.

I also watched in disbelief when Afghans capitulated to the Taliban immediately after the Americans left. All the effort to help women wasted. All the young American lives lost, wasted. All the devastation in Afghanistan, wasted. And nothing changed.

That is the other side of the coin. Afghanistan is a hellhole, okay? You think this orphaned child should have remained there, to who knows what fate awaited her as an orphaned child?

Give it some thought.

My thought is that she was in Texas.

She was in Texas with an Afghan couple who were relatives that the Afghan government placed her with after her parents and siblings were killed. She was literally pulled out of their arms and given back to the Masts, who felt mildly guilty about it apparently, as they lied to the Afghan couple to get them to get on the plane by saying they were only bringing the baby here to get better medical treatment.

There's a place in hell for people like the Masts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Afghan couple (who the husband claims is the child's first cousin) has consistently refused to undergo DNA testing.

An investigative reporter went to Afghanistan and villagers said a foreign terrorist group who were light skinned set up camp in the village. The child who was orphaned had light hair and light-colored eyes, which is often consistent with families from regions like Chechnya or Uzbekista (common origins for foreign Al-Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan) rather than the local ethnic groups in that specific Afghan province that does not look like the child. If she were orphaned in another part of Afghanistan then it might be more plausible but in that area there aren't blond kids.

It was only months later this relative came forward who refuses to have DNA testing done.

Now add to that the orphan girl has FOUR FULL biological siblings in TEXAS. They ALL refuse to have DNA testing done and not one of them look like the orphan girl with light features.

My understanding is life is very, very tough for Afghan women who don't have the privilege of a protective and loving family. Very, very hard, to say the least. It's hard anywhere in the world. In a male-dominated, harsh desert war torn country, a little orphaned girl is in serious jeopardy of ending up in a very bad situation.

What I read on the case is that a man stepped forward when the orphaned girl was released from the military hospital, claiming to be her uncle. With the chaos of war, nobody to confirm nor refute his claims. The child was turned over to him. He then gave the child to his son. His son and his son's wife are the Afghan couple who are now fighting the American couple for custody of the child. They refuse to submit themselves to a DNA test to confirm they are related.

Why would they refuse DNA testing, if it can prove they are cousins? The obvious explanation is they are not related at all. As someone else pointed out, there is a chance this child is not even of Afghan parentage.

I'm on the side of whatever is safest for this child. Who can give her happiness as a child, and give her the security to grow up to be a thriving, strong woman? She's going to need all the strength she can get, what with her background and her likely return to Afghanistan as an adult in a quest to figure out who her family is. If they turn out to be terrible people, she can leave and return to the U.S. If she finds her family and they welcome her, good for her.

If the "cousins" end up taking the DNA test to confirm they are her family, that's another story. They should be given priority as her next of kin.

It doesn't matter if the Afghan couple are related by blood or if the child has blonde hair. What the Masts did was unbelievably horrific and is child trafficking 101. It is disgusting. An American doesn't get to just go to another country, and steal a baby because America is better (and I love our country). WTAF?!

I do not agree with you. I think the child's safety should be the top concern. You can call it trafficking if you want, but all the spin in the world is not going to change the reality of the situation.

I don't know a lot about Afghanistan but I do know it's a harsh, male dominated society currently run by the ruthless Taliban. Do you refute this? She's a vulnerable little girl child. That should be the top concern.

She fell under the province of the Americans as the lone survivor of a firefight. The Americans scooped her up and got her to a hospital. Thank God they got her to a hospital, or she likely would not have survived. From that point on they had a responsibility to ensure she was safe, considering she was orphaned.

If the Afghan couple are not family, they have no more right to have custody than the American couple.

Please tell me that your pea brain understands the Americans killed her entire family and grievously injured her in this "firefight." They didn't happen upon a crime scene and heroically save a survivor, they killed a family including a bunch of kids and took the one that wasn't finished off when they left.

Also the Afghan family does have more right to her than the Masts because she is Afghani, not American. That's international law. You can't steal kids you think are cute from other countries because 'Murica.

+1.

I didn't approve of us going into Afghanistan and I don't approve of any efforts to enter other conflicts in the ME. Not our circus, not our monkeys. Just so you know.

I also watched in disbelief when Afghans capitulated to the Taliban immediately after the Americans left. All the effort to help women wasted. All the young American lives lost, wasted. All the devastation in Afghanistan, wasted. And nothing changed.

That is the other side of the coin. Afghanistan is a hellhole, okay? You think this orphaned child should have remained there, to who knows what fate awaited her as an orphaned child?

Give it some thought.

So Americans should just start going to their local judge and submitting to adopt babies that are born in shit hole countries, and then bring that family here and take the child away because they can certainly provide a better life than that shit whole country.
And then, people in France and Australia and Switzerland can read our birth announcements in the USA and submit to their local government to start adopting American babies they see announcements for. And if we ever travel overseas, they can just take the child because they can provide a better life for it in a nation without mass shootings, and low infant and maternal mortality.
The reality is this marine was responsible for murdering her family. He’s doing this out of guilt. He just needs to go to counseling.

That Marine should be in jail for lying to his officers and the judge who approved this adoption. This reflects badly on the entire American military, and shame on the Trump administration for having the federal government abandon this case, and ignoring international law.

I guess the Pentagon is too busy trying and failing to get Sen. Mark Kelly prosecuted for posting a video that tells military members they need to follow the law. Baby snatching is small potatoes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Afghan couple (who the husband claims is the child's first cousin) has consistently refused to undergo DNA testing.

An investigative reporter went to Afghanistan and villagers said a foreign terrorist group who were light skinned set up camp in the village. The child who was orphaned had light hair and light-colored eyes, which is often consistent with families from regions like Chechnya or Uzbekista (common origins for foreign Al-Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan) rather than the local ethnic groups in that specific Afghan province that does not look like the child. If she were orphaned in another part of Afghanistan then it might be more plausible but in that area there aren't blond kids.

It was only months later this relative came forward who refuses to have DNA testing done.

Now add to that the orphan girl has FOUR FULL biological siblings in TEXAS. They ALL refuse to have DNA testing done and not one of them look like the orphan girl with light features.

My understanding is life is very, very tough for Afghan women who don't have the privilege of a protective and loving family. Very, very hard, to say the least. It's hard anywhere in the world. In a male-dominated, harsh desert war torn country, a little orphaned girl is in serious jeopardy of ending up in a very bad situation.

What I read on the case is that a man stepped forward when the orphaned girl was released from the military hospital, claiming to be her uncle. With the chaos of war, nobody to confirm nor refute his claims. The child was turned over to him. He then gave the child to his son. His son and his son's wife are the Afghan couple who are now fighting the American couple for custody of the child. They refuse to submit themselves to a DNA test to confirm they are related.

Why would they refuse DNA testing, if it can prove they are cousins? The obvious explanation is they are not related at all. As someone else pointed out, there is a chance this child is not even of Afghan parentage.

I'm on the side of whatever is safest for this child. Who can give her happiness as a child, and give her the security to grow up to be a thriving, strong woman? She's going to need all the strength she can get, what with her background and her likely return to Afghanistan as an adult in a quest to figure out who her family is. If they turn out to be terrible people, she can leave and return to the U.S. If she finds her family and they welcome her, good for her.

If the "cousins" end up taking the DNA test to confirm they are her family, that's another story. They should be given priority as her next of kin.

It doesn't matter if the Afghan couple are related by blood or if the child has blonde hair. What the Masts did was unbelievably horrific and is child trafficking 101. It is disgusting. An American doesn't get to just go to another country, and steal a baby because America is better (and I love our country). WTAF?!

Yeah probably better to let her stay in Afghanistan so she could be married at 12.

Better to be living with people whose work killed her parents and four siblings. Right?

Actually yes. She’ll go to school. She’ll have food and shelter and she’ll have choices.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Afghan couple (who the husband claims is the child's first cousin) has consistently refused to undergo DNA testing.

An investigative reporter went to Afghanistan and villagers said a foreign terrorist group who were light skinned set up camp in the village. The child who was orphaned had light hair and light-colored eyes, which is often consistent with families from regions like Chechnya or Uzbekista (common origins for foreign Al-Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan) rather than the local ethnic groups in that specific Afghan province that does not look like the child. If she were orphaned in another part of Afghanistan then it might be more plausible but in that area there aren't blond kids.

It was only months later this relative came forward who refuses to have DNA testing done.

Now add to that the orphan girl has FOUR FULL biological siblings in TEXAS. They ALL refuse to have DNA testing done and not one of them look like the orphan girl with light features.

My understanding is life is very, very tough for Afghan women who don't have the privilege of a protective and loving family. Very, very hard, to say the least. It's hard anywhere in the world. In a male-dominated, harsh desert war torn country, a little orphaned girl is in serious jeopardy of ending up in a very bad situation.

What I read on the case is that a man stepped forward when the orphaned girl was released from the military hospital, claiming to be her uncle. With the chaos of war, nobody to confirm nor refute his claims. The child was turned over to him. He then gave the child to his son. His son and his son's wife are the Afghan couple who are now fighting the American couple for custody of the child. They refuse to submit themselves to a DNA test to confirm they are related.

Why would they refuse DNA testing, if it can prove they are cousins? The obvious explanation is they are not related at all. As someone else pointed out, there is a chance this child is not even of Afghan parentage.

I'm on the side of whatever is safest for this child. Who can give her happiness as a child, and give her the security to grow up to be a thriving, strong woman? She's going to need all the strength she can get, what with her background and her likely return to Afghanistan as an adult in a quest to figure out who her family is. If they turn out to be terrible people, she can leave and return to the U.S. If she finds her family and they welcome her, good for her.

If the "cousins" end up taking the DNA test to confirm they are her family, that's another story. They should be given priority as her next of kin.

It doesn't matter if the Afghan couple are related by blood or if the child has blonde hair. What the Masts did was unbelievably horrific and is child trafficking 101. It is disgusting. An American doesn't get to just go to another country, and steal a baby because America is better (and I love our country). WTAF?!

I do not agree with you. I think the child's safety should be the top concern. You can call it trafficking if you want, but all the spin in the world is not going to change the reality of the situation.

I don't know a lot about Afghanistan but I do know it's a harsh, male dominated society currently run by the ruthless Taliban. Do you refute this? She's a vulnerable little girl child. That should be the top concern.

She fell under the province of the Americans as the lone survivor of a firefight. The Americans scooped her up and got her to a hospital. Thank God they got her to a hospital, or she likely would not have survived. From that point on they had a responsibility to ensure she was safe, considering she was orphaned.

If the Afghan couple are not family, they have no more right to have custody than the American couple.

Please tell me that your pea brain understands the Americans killed her entire family and grievously injured her in this "firefight." They didn't happen upon a crime scene and heroically save a survivor, they killed a family including a bunch of kids and took the one that wasn't finished off when they left.

Also the Afghan family does have more right to her than the Masts because she is Afghani, not American. That's international law. You can't steal kids you think are cute from other countries because 'Murica.

+1.

I didn't approve of us going into Afghanistan and I don't approve of any efforts to enter other conflicts in the ME. Not our circus, not our monkeys. Just so you know.

I also watched in disbelief when Afghans capitulated to the Taliban immediately after the Americans left. All the effort to help women wasted. All the young American lives lost, wasted. All the devastation in Afghanistan, wasted. And nothing changed.

That is the other side of the coin. Afghanistan is a hellhole, okay? You think this orphaned child should have remained there, to who knows what fate awaited her as an orphaned child?

Give it some thought.

So Americans should just start going to their local judge and submitting to adopt babies that are born in shit hole countries, and then bring that family here and take the child away because they can certainly provide a better life than that shit whole country.
And then, people in France and Australia and Switzerland can read our birth announcements in the USA and submit to their local government to start adopting American babies they see announcements for. And if we ever travel overseas, they can just take the child because they can provide a better life for it in a nation without mass shootings, and low infant and maternal mortality.
The reality is this marine was responsible for murdering her family. He’s doing this out of guilt. He just needs to go to counseling.

This happens in the US regularly. People take kids, file for custody and get custody under shady situations. It happened in our family and our family tried to fight it and lost. It was a doctor who said all kinds of lies and had a psychologist lie saying she'd take better care and do an open adoption and none of us were allowed contact. There were lots of relatives. CPS wouldn't get involved. It was as simple as filing for an emergency custody order when the child wasn't even in their custody. It was sick, sad and cruel. The adoption system needs to be overhauled.