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[font=Comic Sans MS]Hi,[/font][font=Comic Sans MS]I'm new here. But, I hope to be a frequent visitor. I was adopted in 1960 through Lake Bluff/Chicago Homes for Children. I am looking for other people that were adopted through this agency. My story is a long one, so I won't post it, at least not right now.[/font][font=Comic Sans MS]The way my adoption was handled, legally, wouldn't happen today. I'm just curious whether other people had adoptions that were a little shady. I've thought about going to Oprah or Dr. Phil with this. But, it would absolutely crush my Mom's spirit and break her heart if I went into the public forum with my story. So, for now, only a small portion of the world will know what really happened to me.[/font][font=Comic Sans MS]I welcome emails from anyone with a story about this agency. Thanx for helping me. . .[/font][font=Comic Sans MS]Jean:) [/font]
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Dear Jean, I personally did not have a "shady" adoption, but the era and day you are speaking of, most lawyers and doctors (not all, but quite a few) treated this area of unwed mothers as a baby mill. How do I know this? My amother was a social worker who started a social services department in one of the hospitals in the town I lived in. She was blackballed from working after she quit. She put an end to these types of adoptions going on in the hospital and made them use agencies and have things on the up and up. She pissed off a lot of doctors and lawyers who were having quite a lucrative and successful business going on at the exploitations of the poor women in distress. They didn't know they had hired a woman who was the adoptive mother to two children. This was in 1968-69. So to say when you were born, this is nothing new or shocking. Lots of people here will help you on any part of the journey you are on. Welcome and best of luck to find what you are looking for.Carolyn
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