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[quote=Anonymous]To the PP who's getting attacked (by a single poster, I suspect) for telling the story of her birth mother as best she knows it: There is nothing "strange" about you, and you're not alone. Count me as another happy, well-adjusted adult adoptee who would, nonetheless, love to meet my birth mother just to tell her, [i]It's OK. I'm OK. You got handed some tough circumstances and you did what you thought was best, and I've always wanted to thank you for it. [/i]

The details my parents received from the lawyer who handled the adoption: Birth mom was 28 and married to my birth father, 30, who died while she was pregnant. (I've known I was adopted as long as I can remember, but my mom spared me that detail until I was in my 30s.)

This is just me guessing, but I think chances are good I probably have older siblings and the financial weight was too much for her to bear alone.

But I have to reiterate, I'm happy. I love my parents, and sad circumstances are just part of how I came to my family. Life is messy. Adoptees understand this and, to varying degrees, we make our peace with it.

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