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I found my biological mother just a few years back, right after I turned 18. There is not much better than being introduced as an adult to siblings and relative
by ngngngng 8y ago
I found my biological mother just a few years back, right after I turned 18. There is not much better than being introduced as an adult to siblings and relatives and having your circle of loved ones expand overnight. This inspires me to write my story somewhere.
- jaggederest 8y agoI was kinda on the other end of this, truly a wonderful experience. It's absolutely true that as soon as you meet someone related to you, it's completely obvious. It's a funny story for me - one year in the fall, when I was about 12, my mom got in contact with her biological daughter, my oldest half-sister, so boom, new sister for Christmas. Next year, my father confirmed that he was the biological father of my older half brother - boom, new brother for Christmas. I sat both my parents down very seriously and said "This shit has got to stop. It's becoming a trend. Are there any others out there? Even the tiniest possibility?"
- busterarm 8y agoI didn't have the experience either one of you did, unfortunately. The other side of my family sought me out when I was 26. My siblings are all 20 years older than me and my nieces and nephews all 6-10 years younger than me. They're nice people but they lived fairly normal New England Catholic upper-middle-class lives. I pretty much grew up broke and on the street in the seedier areas of old New York. We have very little in common. It's probably my fault that everything didn't gel, but it's difficult accepting a completely new family as an adult when you already have struggles with your existing one. Moreover, my father was a complete creep and I learned why my mother stayed away from him. The whole experience was very uncomfortable and very sad and we haven't spoken since.