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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would not tell your son of the situation. At the age of 48, my husband found my Birth mother, I was not 100% sure of making contact but he told me "think of how your Birth mother feels".  I used an intermediary and letters were exchanged for 2 months before she told me of the rape.  I was left devastated at the time.  We still write and I have met her once. She says I have brought peace to her life.  I discussed what had happened to me with a close friend and she agreed with me that she could have told me the father had just gone to America. She had met him a couple of times and told me she gave him the wrong impression. [b]I would urge anyone not to tell adopted children too much about their backgrounds. What you don't know, you don't worry about, that has always been my philosophy[/b].[/quote]

Really? I feel the opposite. I'm also an adoptee and would prefer to know if I was the product of rape.  My parents gave me my adoption file and paperwork.  The reason for my adoption is in there- do you think they should have redacted that portion?  That is MY story and my right to know my story.[/quote]

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