This is regarding “Anti-adoption activists defy popular opinion” (WomanNews, Aug. 11).
I was very interested to read your story. I was adopted by my stepfather and was lied to and denied any information about the paternal side of my family.
My experience in life has shown me that those who know their bloodlines are quite cavalier and matter of fact about the significance of this to their well-being.
It’s hard to explain, but unless you are an adoptee, you’ll never know what it’s like to be in the dark about your heritage and the related health issues and accomplishments, etc., of your bloodline.
It’s a basic human need.
At the very least, it would be nice to see the adoptive child given access to historical information regarding the biological family.
One of the final quotes in the article sums it up quite nicely: Anti-adoption activists “represent the extreme manifestation of the belief that blood trumps everything else. And there is something to that, what can you say? It is good to know who your people are.”
