tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2384966947084602158.post6322920118221710089..comments2023-12-26T19:43:01.770-08:00Comments on FAMILY PRESERVATION not Adoption Separaration: Adoption Truth: Myth Busting for Adoption AWARENESS MonthMirah Ribenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13626873757236976251noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2384966947084602158.post-37734277712329153352012-04-25T07:32:11.624-07:002012-04-25T07:32:11.624-07:00Anna - But there ARE things you can do:
1. Tell ...Anna - But there ARE things you can do: <br /><br />1. Tell your brother and any other siblings who are adopted and don;t know it! They have a right to know. They cannot go on giving false medical history as theirs.<br /><br />2. Become active in the adoptee rights movement! Help change the laws that keep adoptions secretive and allow things like this to occur. Secret adoption practices foster and help cover-up such illegal activities. Tell your state legislators if you live in a state that has not reversed the Draconian laws that protect the lies.Mirah Ribenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13626873757236976251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2384966947084602158.post-77043880317976044872012-04-25T02:09:22.288-07:002012-04-25T02:09:22.288-07:00I don't mean to sound like there is something ...I don't mean to sound like there is something to be done, but when I was 17 I found out my younger brother (9 months younger) was also adopted. Was told never never tell him. I never have, makes me wonder though if my mom was involved somehow in facilitating adoptions through her status as an emergency foster home or if she was just an unwitting party as well, but since she will not speak of adoption I have no way of knowing any of the information. <br />For 27 years I thought my parents were my parents, and my older siblings were my older siblings. It opened my eyes to a lot of things though, as my birth mom said she came in 1985/86 to see if she could find me as her dad had had her committed as a defiant uncontrollable teen, that happened to be the year we up and sold out home and moved 100 miles away. And a few friends I had in elementary school knew I was adopted because they were adopted and had been to adoption events. It is a confusing time even still and I am 32 now. <br />Unfortunately there is no one for me to talk to about all of this. <br /><br />AnnaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2384966947084602158.post-61109291397956622862012-04-22T17:24:07.498-07:002012-04-22T17:24:07.498-07:00I share your feelings about being lucky to at leas...I share your feelings about being lucky to at least know your medical history now. What a shock to find out at 27! Yes, listing someone dead who is alive certainly seems illegal but what can be done about it now, i have no idea.Mirah Ribenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13626873757236976251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2384966947084602158.post-88753008239979347962012-04-22T16:42:36.013-07:002012-04-22T16:42:36.013-07:00I was adopted through foster care in California. M...I was adopted through foster care in California. My Maternal grandfather had me and I was adopted by the foster family who had had my birth mom while she was pregnant at the age of 16. I did NOT know I was adopted until I was 27 and my birth mother contacted me thru reunion.com. I didn't believe her called the county, THEN paid my 20 dollars to see the paperwork, my adoption papers state that my birth mother was dead. My Mom will not speak of adoption and denies it at every turn, my birth mom is insane, bipolar, schizophrenic, major depression and Cervical Cancer. This is good information to know. <br />But if the adoption information says my Birth Mother is deceased, then was my adoption legal? The grandfather who signed me over is dead and my mom will not talk about it. <br /><br />AnnaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2384966947084602158.post-14477658125685451752010-11-16T13:37:54.868-08:002010-11-16T13:37:54.868-08:00They're all old favourites but the 'beauty...They're all old favourites but the 'beauty of adoption' is aparticular favourite.Vonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17421069895155350144noreply@blogger.com