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Let's crack on with today's first story. And today's first story comes from mildly worried and says, my adoptive parents

lied to me and my birth mom about the conditions of my adoption and hid family heirlooms from me.

Advice wanted. I'm not sure if this belongs in this sub, but I really need advice. A bit of backstory

first. I 25 have a younger brother 23 and we're both adopted from birth from separate birth

parents.

My parents tried to have children of their own but after three attempts were unsuccessful

and went the route of adoption instead.

We found out when we were young that we were adopted but we weren't concerned with

learning about our birth families at the time. So we didn't push for information. As we've grown

older, I've become more interested in my history and heritage, but I haven't questioned my adoptive

parents about it because I was concerned it would hurt their feelings. I've never gotten along

super well with my adoptive parents and since I come out as a member of the LGBT community

our relationship has become a lot more strained. Our relationship with my brother

isn't much better and he physically and emotionally abused me through our childhood

which my parents didn't stop or punish.

Within the last few years, I, 25, discovered that I have a half-sister, and have since opened

communication with her and my biomom, 50. What started as casually talking turned into a discussion

about my adoption process, and I've learned some worrying things.

According to my bio-mum my adoptive mum swore that I would be adopted into their family

as an only child because of their losses and a desire to have just one child to raise.

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