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his real parents are could save the child’s life. An adopted child should have the
right to access knowledge about their health, even if it means revealing the identity of
both their birth parents.
Every person wants to know where he or she came from. Most of us take for
granted that we know our parents, grandparents, and cultural background. Try to
imagine that you know nothing about your family background. A feeling of emptiness will
surely overwhelm you. Every time a teacher assigns a family tree, or a report on one’s
cultural history, adopted children feel lost. Of course adopted parents provide a good
and loving home, as loving as any birth parent would provide, but adopted children will
always be curious about their true heritage.
Today parents who choose to give their child up for adoption have the option of
“open adoption”. This means the birth parents can decide who they want their child’s
adopted parents to be, and the adopted parents keep contact with the ...

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