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[quote=Anonymous]This thread went off the rails  :shock:

OP, I'm an adult adoptee and also a parent to adopted and bio children. I adopted internationally from the same country I was adopted from.  The rules have changed since I adopted but the process was relatively easy for me (as easy as an adoption process can get, that is).  The whole thing took 14 months from start (first application) to bringing my child home and much of that was waiting on the two countries' governments to review and approve the emigration.

One thing I've found as an adult adoptee who is also an adoptive parent, at least in the international, transracial adoption world, is that today's adoptive parents go through more education in terms of racial awareness, which is a very good thing.  I am very close to my adoptive parents, but did search for my bio family, but it had nothing to do with my adoptive parents. I can't say that finding my birth family has brought any more medical knowledge, unfortunately.  My adoptive parents traveled with me to meet my birth family and it was a very special trip.

My adopted child is still a teen, so they're still young, but so far there have been no negative ways that being adopted has manifested.  We are open about it and I think it helps that I am their racial and ethnic mirror. My bio child, also a teen, has had some challenges that my adopted child hasn't faced and most likely never will.  I love my children very much, yet I'm cognizant that my joy comes on the back of another family's loss.[/quote]

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