Today, I found out the truth about my and my siblings adoptions and why I have no contact with any extended family. Turns out our parents are half-siblings, who decided to adopt rather than risk any genetic anomalies. Their families didn’t approve of the relationship so they moved us far away. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I found out the truth about my parents’ divorce and why our family is so distant. Turns out my dad had an affair with not one, but two of my mom’s sisters. And that my youngest cousin is also my half-sister. FML
Today, I found out that I was adopted. I'm 46 years old with 11 real siblings and no one bothered to tell me until I found the documents in my dead adoptive father's house. FML
Today, I found out that I was not adopted and in fact my parents are my biological parents. How did I find out? Over dinner. How long have I been believing I was adopted? 22 years. Why did I start believing I was adopted? My siblings thought it would be a funny joke. My mom played along. FML
Today, I met my biological parents for the first time. Their justification for giving me up for adoption was that I wasn't conceived at the ideal time for them. Apparently, the ideal time was six months after the adoption, when they conceived the first of my two brothers. FML
Today, my mom told me that she had great news: we were going to meet my biological parents. I didn't know I was adopted. FML
Today, I’ve suffered my whole life with a bunch of genetic conditions and I found out why at my dad's funeral. A bunch of relatives from America attended and one of them secretly told me my parents emigrated to England under a cloud of shame because they were brother and sister. I’m inbred. FML
Today, I found out my wife of 5 years, with whom we have three kids, is actually my cousin. At a family dinner someone had pointed out how much she looks like my uncle. We laughed until she mentioned that she was adopted from the same town my uncle's ex-wife had a baby. A few questions and a blood test later, we all learned the sick truth. FML
Today, I watched my mother's heart break. She found out, my siblings (20F and 18M), who've ignored her for years, have been adopted by our stepmother. She received said news the same way we found out my younger brother enlisted, and from the only place we get pics of him and my sister: her abusive ex-husband's Facebook page. FML
Today with a DNA test, I found out that my husband is my half brother. 30 years ago his father made a donation to the sperm bank my mother used, and I’m the result. To make matters worse, I’m pregnant. FML
Today, I overheard my parents arguing over who had to tell me that I'm adopted. FML
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Vesi 30
OK for anyone that says OP deserved it.. WTAF is WRONG with you? How can any child be responsible or at fault for what their parents chose? OP, I'm sorry you were ostracized for your parents choices. The circumstances are.. tichy at best but at least they were responsible enough to avoid creating progeny that would have had some negative issues due to DNA. Create your own family any way you want. They do not have to be adoptive or genetic, just those you feel a kinship with. And good luck! =)
dreams2383 20
your confused. they said they know they are adopted and this commenter is just pointing out that their adopted extended family are strangers just like their blood exceeded family. the only difference is genetics. they are saying that family are normally strangers either way.
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RichardPencil 32
You don't know who your true extended family is. Who you think is your family is actually a bunch of strangers. In contrast to a real extended family which is a bunch of strangers who have some genetic material like yours.
Blimey14orangelizards 10
think you've got confused - they're talking about their adoptive family throughout this.
dreams2383 20
your confused. they said they know they are adopted and this commenter is just pointing out that their adopted extended family are strangers just like their blood exceeded family. the only difference is genetics. they are saying that family are normally strangers either way.
Vesi 30
OK for anyone that says OP deserved it.. WTAF is WRONG with you? How can any child be responsible or at fault for what their parents chose? OP, I'm sorry you were ostracized for your parents choices. The circumstances are.. tichy at best but at least they were responsible enough to avoid creating progeny that would have had some negative issues due to DNA. Create your own family any way you want. They do not have to be adoptive or genetic, just those you feel a kinship with. And good luck! =)
Yudith 28
I have to applaud your parent's consideration for you, your siblings, and the human race in general. We don't need another King Charles II of Spain.