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Hello everyone.
My name is Jen and i am 31 years old and a stay at home mom, I have been searching for my birth parents since i was 18 years old. I was sitting on the couch one night with my husband and on came the ABC show Find my family, and so we watched it, and it pushed me to want to search harder for my birth parents again. I called my mom and asked her numerous questions about my adoption. I found out that my adoption was a private one that was done through a lawyer, I asked what the lawyers name was, knowing that it would probally be a dead end once again because 31 years in a long time ago. I got online on a sunday night and i googled the lawyers name, my jaw about hit the floor when i found out that the lawyer was still in practice, still in the same location. I decided to call the following day, and he told me that it could take up to two weeks to get my file from storage, almost two weeks went past and i had heard nothing back from the lawyer so i figured that it was yet another dead end. The next day i recived a call from the lawyer, he was able to provide me with my birth moms full name, even her married namd as well as my fathers, and my father's parents names. My husband and i decided to start with my mother first we entered her name into the white pages a few names came up and so we called them and left messages, later that night we got a phone call from my birth mom. At first i thought that it could not be possible until my husband looked at me and said..."oh my god, she sounds just like you" we talked for 4 hours that night, and exchanged pictures VIA email. sure enough she was my mom. I look just like her, same hair, eyes, nose, face shape and she knew information that only myself her and my adoptive parents would have known. We have talked every day since then and we plan to meet in March of 2010. I just want every adopted child out there to never give up hope to find your birth parents...I have truly been blessed with the best Christmas gift ever.
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Congratulations on finding your birth family, it really is a special moment in an adoptee's life. This is the first time I have logged on to this website. I am an adoptee and I found my birth family in 2004, it was amazing. We have a great relationship, me and the whole birth family.
Good job! Congratulations. If you want some time you can visit my website that I am developing regarding my adoption experiences. [url=http://www.aguysadoptedstory.com]A Guy's Adopted Story[/url]
Cheers,
Andrew James
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i am so happy for you...not everyone gets that kind of reunion...i found my birthmom and she was angry i found her .she wants no contact with me at all.my half sister did speak to me once but never again after her mom didn't want her too.can't understand why she is being this way with me..it's not my fault i was born...she claims she was sexually abused by her father..but to me all the info she gave does not add up. how can you carry a baby for 9 months and just forget them.i have 3 boys and i could never forget them..we sent her pictures ect.i couldn't even get my medical history from her....she just wanted me gone..i am sure she knows what she has said and done is hurtfull but she does not care.her husband said i was a nasty person etc.how would he know who i am.they never gave me a chance.not only did she throw me away but she throw 2 other sons out of her life also....anyway i am glad you found your happy ending...good luck
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so sorry your experience went the way it did savana. for jlogan, that brought tears to my eyes...the fact that you sound the same on the phone...name physical characteristics... to find these things out.. i can't even imagine. hope your face to face was successful. i'm trying to figure out how to begin searching, i was adopted from colombia and am unsure where to begin, but thanks for the ray of hope. - hope all is well.