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[quote=Anonymous]I am not an adoptive parent, but my siblings were adopted (I am a "surprise" baby after my parents struggled with infertility for years).

My siblings were adopted internationally as infants, and while I know they struggled with some aspects of being adopted as children/teens they are very close to my parents now, as adults in their 30s. My younger sibling (I'm the middle kid) was adopted as a "special needs" infant because they were born very premature in a then developing country and it wasn't known what needs my sibling would have later in life - my sibling is perfectly fine as an adult although there were a few minor issues during childhood related to prematurity.

My older sibling now lives in the country they were born in, and married a local. They are still very close to me, our younger sibling and my parents despite living on the other side of the world.

Both adoptions are "closed" and one sibling has looked for their bio-family and been unsuccessful. I don't know about the other sibling. I do know someone we all went to school with who was adopted from the same country - they not only were able to find their bio-family but are now incredibly close to them and visit their first country frequently (or did, before COVID).[/quote]

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