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This is gonna sound weird, but to clarify, I meant parents lying to their kids about having adopted them when they're actually biologically theirs submitted by /u/twieyes [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

A little backstory on me. I was abandoned at a park in Southern China where a police officer found me and brought me to an orphanage. I was adopted when I was 5 years old by a white family. I never met my adopted parents when I was growing up in the orphanage so they were strangers to me…when my parents came to pick me up from the orphanage I was confused and I didn’t want to leave. I had a very sweet caretaker and I didn’t want to leave her behind but before I left with my new family I saw her leaving the orphanage without saying goodbye to me and it broke my heart. The next morning when I g ..read more

I am just looking for somewhere to share my story so that someone else might understand what I am going through. (Disclaimer: I will call my adoptive parents mom and dad, and my bio parents bio mom and bio dad.) It hurts really bad to think about this sometimes even though I am nearly 20(F) years old now. So growing up I always had a suspicion that something about me felt weird. I always felt a little different form my family. Almost as if my intuition was telling me all along. I have a darker complexion than my parents, darker hair, different body type, all of it. And my parents would talk a ..read more

So I don't know if this is where I should be posting this. If not can someone point me in the right direction please and thank you. Okay, so some background information. I am Native American (Choctaw) and I had a baby about a year ago. I was in the process of acquiring her CDIB/Membership card when I was informed that I would need some paperwork that they didn't have. They told me that the way they verify liniage is by going two generations back and so for my daughter that would be my mother. They told me that they would need the paper that changed her last name. The problem is that anyone in ..read more

My daughter has been fostering a girl age 9 that has been a ward of the state and parental rights have been terminated. She is planning on adopting, what does she need to think of to be sure is included in her benefit package from the state. The little girl as with most has some emotional and social issues from abuse and sees a therapist and takes medication as well as she will most definitely need braces. For a few more years she will need to attend before and after school care. My daughter is single on a fixed income so we’re just trying to not miss anything as this is approaching and she’s ..read more

Basically title, I’m super nervous. The couple I picked seems really nice. Just wondering what questions everyone thinks I should ask them, I don’t want to ask anything too invasive but I also want to use the time to get to know them. submitted by /u/After-Ad1121 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Hi everyone! I’m not sure if there is anyone who has any idea on how to help me but I’ll try to explain my situation as best as I can. I was adopted by Americans back in 2005 from Russia. I was brought from Russia to America and was issued a certificate of citizenship that never came. I grew up with only 2 Russian documents and was never able to get a government ID. I tried to apply for a passport in order to replace my certificate of American citizenship because I need valid government ID in order to attend my biometrics appointment. Unfortunately, my passport application has been put on pau ..read more

I F29 am wanting to start looking for my bio parents only for health history and possible native roots. I was taken away from birth due to drugs. I don’t want to do any type of ancestry kits. I don’t know their names. I was in shelters and foster care (so I’m told) before I was adopted. Would I start through the court where I was born? Help! submitted by /u/Isparkle_051725 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I (37M) was adopted at birth in a closed adoption through an adoption agency. I've never been close with my adoptive family, not even as a child. There is a wide gulf between us emotionally, and I'm constantly reminded my parents don't know anything about the kind of person I am. My hobbies, interests, beliefs. Childhood was spent conforming to their expectation of me, rather than learning who I was. Though I remember all they've done for me, being present for my entire life, they are often little more than strangers. I'm the only adopted child in a very large family. I have many aunts and un ..read more