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[quote=Anonymous]Adoptive mother here.

Many women in many countries say that they got pregnant by rape because it is less stigmatizing than saying they were having consensual sex. Most infants who are relinquished for adoption come from teen birthmothers. Many teen mothers feel that they are able to tell their families that they were having consensual sex.

So most adoptive parents that I know have discarded this myth, if it was told to them, and do not pass along this kind of "adoption story" to their kids.

I would, honestly, not believe this to be true. If an agency told me my child was a product of rape, I would tend not to believe that and would certainly not pass this information along to my child as a fact. If the birthmother one day chooses to tell your child that she was raped, then you can talk about it at that point.

in the meantime, you can honestly tell your child that you do not know much about the relationship between the birthparents, and that is something they would need to ask the birthparents themselves.

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