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View Poll Results: Maybe you were adopted?
No way, I look just like my mom. 56 76.71%
Actually I made them take a DNA test. So no. 2 2.74%
Maybe. I prefer not to know. 4 5.48%
Dammit, now you got me worried. 4 5.48%
I was adopted, moron. 7 9.59%
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Old 12-06-2003, 12:30 PM   #1 (permalink)
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The one thing your parents forgot to say.

How would you react if you discovered tomorrow that you were adopted as a baby? Is it really important for you to know that the ones that raised you are also your biological parents?
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Old 12-06-2003, 12:56 PM   #2 (permalink)
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well my mom raised me as a single mom for the first 3 years of my life. then married a man i call 'dad'. but he had to go thru all the paperwork to legally adopt me. i'm half adopted! i've never met my biological father.
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Old 12-06-2003, 01:30 PM   #3 (permalink)
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No way that I'm adopted. I look just like my dad and we both share a lot of the same interests.
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Old 12-06-2003, 01:37 PM   #4 (permalink)
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No way, look just like my Dad. I'm exactly like my dad's side of the family.
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Old 12-06-2003, 02:05 PM   #5 (permalink)
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I am way more attractive then my parents. It's possible. It doesn't matter but it is possible.
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Old 12-06-2003, 02:17 PM   #6 (permalink)
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No, I've managed to develop the neuroses of both parents.

I was definitely hatched.
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Old 12-06-2003, 02:17 PM   #7 (permalink)
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I have too many shared features from my parents to be adopted. Don't think I'd care. They're wonderful folks who tried as hard as they could to understand me, and still do.
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Old 12-06-2003, 02:23 PM   #8 (permalink)
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I share features from both my mother and father -- mom's coloration, eyes, and mouth; dad's nose, height, fine hair, and height. So it's not likely. If I was told that I was adopted, however:

1) It wouldn't surprise me. My family keeps secret. My mom married briefly and divorced before meeting my dad, and she kept it a secret from my sister and me until we were in our 30s. Like we cared, but she thought it was a great shame.

2) It wouldn't bother me. You are the children of the people who raise you, if they commit to being your parents. That's how I feel. If I knew I had a biological parent out there, I might wonder. But honestly, he or she would be a stranger. I wouldn't bother unless I was having weird health problems and wanted to find out if my line had hereditary problems. Even then, I'd be fine working through intermediaries if that was the best way to go.
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Old 12-06-2003, 02:47 PM   #9 (permalink)
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I'm pretty sure I'm not adopted.
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Old 12-06-2003, 02:50 PM   #10 (permalink)
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It's an odd day when I'm walking in a grocery store or something and someone doesn't ask if I'm my mom's kid. No, well, not really, but I really look like my parents.
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Old 12-06-2003, 07:33 PM   #11 (permalink)
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i don't really look like my parents, but i really wouldn't care if i were adopted- they are the people that raised me, cared for me, stuck it through thick and thin, and are still completely supportive of all my efforts. I love them utterly and completely. They are my true mother and father (even if I were an adopted kid)
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Old 12-06-2003, 07:47 PM   #12 (permalink)
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I highly doubt I'm adopted. But if I did find out that I was adopted, I really don't think it would mean shit. Parents are the people that raised you as far as I'm concerned. I might be a little curious as to who my biological parents are but I don't think I would care if I ever met them.
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Old 12-06-2003, 08:57 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Couldn't be. Too strong a resemblance; daddy's strong build and high forehead, mama's colouring and smile, my grandmother's nose. Not only do I look like my mama, but I look like my mama's mama and my mama's sisters. If I hear, "Are you one of them Price girls?" one more time...

I wouldn't care if I were adopted though. My parents are cool. Like, I'm the girl with the cool parents who always have an open door to their kid's friends and know when to back off. I'm really grateful that I have them as parents.
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Old 12-06-2003, 11:34 PM   #14 (permalink)
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I know I'm not adopted when I'm with my two older cousins, and everyone asks us if I'm their sister- family resemblance runs pretty strong.
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Old 12-06-2003, 11:48 PM   #15 (permalink)
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It sure would explain a lot....
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Old 12-07-2003, 02:33 AM   #16 (permalink)
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Old 12-07-2003, 04:09 AM   #17 (permalink)
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Old 12-07-2003, 06:56 AM   #18 (permalink)
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I look just like my dad. I looked through his old high school year book once, it was a little scarry, he looked exactly like I did.
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Old 12-07-2003, 10:28 AM   #19 (permalink)
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I would love it if I didn't carry my family's genetic predisposition towards asthma and complete lack of commen sense, but the signs are there. I can feel my parents in my blood.
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Old 12-07-2003, 04:29 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Yeah I definitly know I am not adopted.......look exactly like my sis and bro. But if I was.. I dont think I would care. I echo what everyone else says, that your parents are the people that raise you. The ones that care for you, and love you, so whether they actually gave birth to you are not, seems irrelevant to me.
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Old 12-07-2003, 04:59 PM   #21 (permalink)
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Wheres the option for: "I wish I was adopted so I'd know that I have a real family waiting for me somewhere"?

Meh, I'm not adopted, but I can dream, can't I?
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Old 12-07-2003, 07:20 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Adoption is a great thing (my sister is just about to adopt a girl from China). However, I am biological. I look a bunch like my dad and have my mom's brains.
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Old 12-07-2003, 10:19 PM   #23 (permalink)
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i'm not adopted, neither is my older brother - if it wasnt for the 3 years between us, we'd pass for twins. however, my younger brother i'm convinced is adopted.

doesnt look like mum or dad - no similar features (hair, eyes, face, height.. nothing)
doesnt have any character traits similar to them
both me and my older brother are both well above average intelligence - he struggles at everything except sport (none of us excel at sport except for him)

either that or my real brother is out there someone because they got switched at birth.. *shrug*
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Old 12-07-2003, 11:32 PM   #24 (permalink)
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i have many of the strange traits that belong to my mother's side of the family, and i have my father's build, so i'm pretty sure i'm my parents' child.
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Old 12-07-2003, 11:49 PM   #25 (permalink)
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Biological here.

If it turned out they weren't my real parents, it'd probably fuck me over quite a bit, because they've done a lot... A LOT... to help me out, and if they weren't blood, i'm not sure i could mentally reconcile such kindness and giving.
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Old 12-08-2003, 11:05 AM   #26 (permalink)
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I checked up on 60 various genetic traits for a bio class, and all matched perfectly. I look like both of my parents, and have the same blood type (O-)
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Old 12-08-2003, 01:00 PM   #27 (permalink)
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I have pictures of my birth so I'm pretty sure I'm not adopted.
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Old 12-08-2003, 06:02 PM   #28 (permalink)
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My father told me I was shit on a rock and the sun made me grow. Knowing my parents, I don't think they would have scraped shit from a rock so I am more than likely theirs. I think I would have loved being told I was adopted...with parents like mine...I spent alot of time thinking about what it would be like to have different ones.

Not having been adopted, I'm not sure if I would "need to know". From so many of these shows that reunite family members, it sure seems likely that there is an underlying curiousity, something you can't put your finger on, but you know there's something missing in your life. Curious...
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Old 12-08-2003, 10:10 PM   #29 (permalink)
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It wouldn't really affect me, other than the fact that my father passed away...I'd be interested to know i had another.
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Old 12-09-2003, 06:16 AM   #30 (permalink)
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I don't think it would bother me if I were adopted. A good friend in HS was, he was way better off, and his adoptive parents were super cool. Now, I look too much like my brothers to not be my parents child. Lucky me, or lucky my wife, how ever you'd like to take that.
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Old 12-09-2003, 07:38 AM   #31 (permalink)
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You can pick your friends and pick your nose, but unfortunately you can't pick your relatives.

I'm my parent's biological son, and for awhile, I wished I had been adopted. My parents have lots of financial and mental and physical health problems. And there's a family history of heart problems.

Then I realized, when God was handing out souls, I could have been given to parents in a lot worse shape than middle class white folks in America, regardless of their other issues, and I have alot for which to be thankful.
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Old 12-09-2003, 08:55 AM   #32 (permalink)
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My mother often cringes when I walk into a room because I look so much like my father. "My god you look so much like him i just want to punch you in the face." We walk, talk and dress alike often. Plus we both love caddies and we love the ladies. That may not be genetic but reinforces the genetics none the less.
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Old 12-09-2003, 09:57 AM   #33 (permalink)
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I don't think it would matter to me. I'd rather have a good family experience whether it be biological or adopted. I know quite a few people that may have done better with adoptive parents rather than their natural ones. Oh well - go figure.
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Old 12-10-2003, 05:33 AM   #34 (permalink)
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I'm a clone of my dad. Only way to tell us apart is the beard and hair color.

There's something I find funny though. People always say my half-sister looks like my dad before they know she's not his biological father.

I've always wondered if I would treat a full sister or brother any differently than my half and step sisters. I don't think I would :/
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Old 12-10-2003, 10:12 AM   #35 (permalink)
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No way I was adopted. I get my fat genes and my round face from my mother, and my weird green eyes from my dad.
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Old 12-10-2003, 04:48 PM   #36 (permalink)
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Nope. I'm 150% my parent's child. I don't think it'd matter too much if I did find out I was adopted, though. I love my parents and they love me, and that's good enough.
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Old 12-10-2003, 11:48 PM   #37 (permalink)
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I look like my mum's side of the family and my brothers look like me. There could be no way. I'm sure life would be different for me if I was...for better or for worse.
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Old 12-11-2003, 12:09 PM   #38 (permalink)
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I am adopted

Last year, at age 40, I found out I was adopted! My brother, who's 46, found out at a family wedding, where the alcohol was flowing freely. (He was also adopted. We are NOT related in any way, different birth parents for each of us) Now, my dad died in '79 and mom died in '91. You THINK that someone would have said something in those 11 years between when mom died and we found out.

I've found my birth mom, but, she doesn't want anything to do with me. Not that THAT is gonna stop me! I sent her a Christmas card with a family (my family) photo and my work number right after Thanksgiving. Haven't heard back from her yet.

As for how I felt, it was pretty funny to start with. My brother has red hair and looks nothing like me. We used to joke with one another growing up that he was the milkman's kid and I was the beer driver's kid. Most amusing, in a sick, twisted sort of way. Oh well, at least I'm not related to any of my crazy aunts!
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Old 12-11-2003, 05:26 PM   #39 (permalink)
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Well I know I wasn't adopted, maybe cloned from my father but even if I was adopted I wouldn't care my parents did a spetacular job.
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Old 12-11-2003, 05:47 PM   #40 (permalink)
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I wasnt adopted but my parents tell me I am ...
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