Sherrie Eldridge

5 responses to “Why Would You Want to Search for Birth Relatives?”

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   Suzan

   August 27, 2013

   Agreed. God doesn’t make mistakes. It’s made me a better person. Much more tolerant. Though very insecure.

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   Sherrie Eldridge

   August 19, 2013

   Suzan….thanks for sharing. I agree that your story isn’t the happy-ever-after kind. Neither was mine. Very similar circumstances and time. I must ask you though, when your birth mother rejected you so cruelly, was there anything you could read that would validate your experience? I could find nothing…nothing! Shame took over for me for about a year until I realized that it’s my birth mother’s problem, not mine. Also, that I am God’s idea….and He doesn’t make mistakes.

3. 

   Suzan

   August 19, 2013

   I found my birth mother 21 years ago at age 30. We don’t have much contact. She says I ruined her life. Stuck at age 15 for her IMHO. My birth father is a major loser. But he had a daughter with a 16 that is the same age as me and we’re close. Even though it wasn’t a happily after story at least I know. The coolest thing is my oldest granddaughter is a clone of my birth mother. For someone who grew up not looking like anyone that’s pretty special.

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   Sherrie Eldridge

   August 19, 2013

   I wasn’t familiar with the “half adopted” term. Let me ask…do you sometimes meet or see a stranger, an older gentleman, and does the thought ever pop into your head, “I wonder if he could be my birth father?” This happens to me a lot, as I don’t know who my birth father is either.

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   erinbethbranch

   August 19, 2013

   I was “half adopted” which is what they called using a sperm donor back in the 70’s, so I know half of my history. I just want to know what he looks like and if there is any medical history I need to know.