Adoption: “Blood and Water, One in the Same”

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need to be loved, cared for and made to feel safe and wanted in their environment. In my case, my biological mother’s parents did not approve of the race of my father. My mother was Caucasian and my father African- American. My mother went against her own judgment and put her baby up for adoption solely based on her parent’s opinion of someone outside their own race. Prejudice is still around even though people want to sweep it under the rug. Children only know one side of their families because the other does not approve of the color of their skin; whether it is their own flesh and blood or not.
It is difficult not knowing who or where you came from. I cannot speak for all adopted children but I felt unwanted. It’s hard to trust people when all your life you were lied to by the people you thought were your parents. How could you expect someone of any age to be able to accept it positively? So many times you will wonder where your family is and why they gave you up but they ...

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