Open Adoption Support

Search and Reunion

Public Group active 1 month, 3 weeks ago

For search and reunion issues including but not limited to finding family members, creating relationships in reunion and discussing challenges.

Cathy Walker posted on the forum topic Should I tell him he was adopted? in the group Search and Reunion: 1 month, 3 weeks ago · View

I do NOT think that you have the right to share this knowledge with him. If you think he deserves to know, you should contact his parents and share your concerns. There’s obviously a reason that they chose not to tell him, but if it came from you, it would only make things worse. My [...]
Cathy Walker joined the group Search and Reunion 1 month, 3 weeks ago · View
Teri started the forum topic Should I tell him he was adopted? in the group Search and Reunion: 1 month, 3 weeks ago · View

I know someone in my ‘family’ who was adopted. He is in his mid 20s. His parents have never told him that he was adopted but I feel like he needs to know. Or does he?? The way it happened is pretty typical (I believe). The, at the time married, couple wasn’t able to get [...]
Teri joined the group Search and Reunion 1 month, 3 weeks ago · View
Karen wrote on the wire of the group Adoptive Families

Hi! My name is Karen and I just joined the group. My husband and I have a girl, almost 5, and a boy, almost 1. We have open adoptions with both kids’ birthmothers, and extended family involvement with DD’s bmom’s family. Overall it has been a good experience. I am hoping [...]

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Margie Perscheid joined the group Search and Reunion 1 year ago · View