Always Renee

I wonder ...

... who I could have been?

Why Adoptees Don't Let Go of the Past

We will always be related to our original family no matter what a an amended birth certificate leads anyone to believe.

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Mary Ann Hernandez Mullen is searching for her natural mother.

Worth reading

"Using language that is biased toward adopters promotes the separation of a child from her own mother and family to provide a baby for a stranger. When a mother loses her child to adoption not only is the mother is affected but also the father, grandparents, existing and future siblings as well as the child who has been artificially 'orphaned' and her descendents."

From The Adoption History Project

Marshall D. Schechter, "Observations on Adopted Children," 1960