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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My grandmother always suspected that her conception was the result of an adulterous affair and that she was given up by her birth mother to be raised by her father and his wife. She had good reason to suspect, but she could never get anyone in her family or her alleged birth mother's family to confirm her theory. They would tell her to let the past lie. It was quite sad, because for her, it was an important piece of her history, and she wanted it acknowledged. [/quote] To what end.  My maternal grandmother's situation was almost identical.  She pursued the matter to no end.  Her birthmother's fiancé left her after this came to light (she never married) and she still refused to ever acknowledge my grandmother's existence.  Dragging it all into the public domain destroyed my great-grandmother, the woman who took her into her heart and her home as her own, and the public scrutiny led to the her parents divorce.  Her father disowned her digging into the past and after the divorce, it was her non-bio mother who raised her.  A lot of people's lives were destroyed because she "had a right to know."  No one was better off, least of all my grandmother. [/quote]

To what end? My grandmother's parents and grandparents were already dead when she started seriously delving into her past. My grandmother was treated cruelly and was singled out by the mother who raised her. The truth was important to her, and I think she deserved it. [/quote]

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