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[quote=Anonymous]I am adopted (born early 80s) due to my parents' mental illness. I knew them growing up and I am very happy I was adopted. My birth mother was/is a paranoid schizophrenic and my birth father was an alcoholic and possibly schizotypal personality; he died when I was a kid. That being said, they are/were genuinely nice, caring, and loving people, but I am still happy I was adopted.

I grew up with two adopted siblings from different families/backgrounds. My adoptive brother (late 70s) came from a family with a history of domestic abuse. He knows his family now, but has said they are difficult.

My adoptive sister (adopted early 70s) was abandoned due to a heart defect that they thought would make her unable to live. I don't know her story beyond that. However, I do know it was repaired through cardiac surgery as a child then she lived till her 40s, then died of other issues.

Our adoptive family was far from perfect. Far from it. Yet we were also all glad to have been adopted from the situation in our birth family.

Not all adoption is bad, though living with it isn't ideal either.[/quote]

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