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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Adult adoptee and in the last year have been reunited with birth sibling.  The randomness of placement has been something I have struggled with since reuniting.  I have wonderful, loving supportive parents who provided me with every opportunity.  He on the other hand was raised by a handicapped unemployed mother, father was a heroin addict that died when he was 13.  He is successful and thriving despite his upbringing. It's been a wild experiment in nature vs. nurture.  [/quote]

I agree with this poster.  I am an adult adoptee and was reunited with my birthmother.  We are so different.  I thank God he gave me the adopted mother I had.  If my birthmother and I were together --- neither of us would have survived, let alone thrived (she was a teenage mom with no support).

I adopted and my child has everything -- including me a mom who loves her unconditionally, but it is not enough -- has never seemed to be enough since she was about 7.  She still wants the mom and dad who gave her up for adoption and it is hard to understand being an adoptive child myself who loved her parents and felt her birthparents didn't matter (they did what was best for all of us).

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