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Posted on 2/2/26 at 4:32 pm to HarryBalzack
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I don't get why the others freaked out about it so much. It's not like you or they did anything wrong.
One could assume me appearing on the scene, for people in their 60's even, shattered the image they had of their father after all these years. I could see that. I also can't see once you know that, you wouldn't want to know your own flesh and blood if the person wasn't some kind of cokehead or something. The brother on the mom side could care less as well, but as my sister noted, he's kind of an odd duck anyway. So that's 1 out 5 that connected. I wasn't really looking for that anyway, more the "what's the background" aspect of it.
On the positive side, she did say in front of my wife how happy she was and "now she finally has a brother she can talk to". We do Zoom call occasionally and have gone out to visit several times.
Posted on 2/2/26 at 4:38 pm to Lonnie Utah
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What information is she going to gain from the info? Assuming the worst, at this point in time, she won't be able to figure out the dads just if they are the same or different
This just isn't true. You may very well be able to figure out the dad's based upon the cousins in common you match with in the database. I found my mom's bio dad knowing nothing other than the year he was born and that he was in the Marines during WW2 because of the other matches in the data base.
As to what is to gain from it, it is hard to explain to someone who knows their genetic heritage and may not think anything of it, but as an adoptee, your entire life is like having a great book with the first chapter ripped out. You always wonder how you came to be or where you get your freckles, etc.. I can totally understand a woman wanting to fill in the blanks in her life.
Posted on 2/2/26 at 4:50 pm to dexy82
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Guys left for the war and the soldiers and women lived in uncertainty.
That war destroyed a lot of marriages. Ive got family history on this.
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