GenChat-L Archives

Archiver > GenChat > 2001-02 > 0981244209


From: Tracey Converse <>
Subject: [AFAR] New Member
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2001 17:50:09 -0600



>
>---------------------------------------------------
>name: Paula Jean Breckenridge
>---------------------------------------------------
>email:
>---------------------------------------------------
>phone: 870-217-2937
>---------------------------------------------------
>street: 912 Village Drive
>---------------------------------------------------
>city: Newport
>---------------------------------------------------
>state: AR
>---------------------------------------------------
>zip: 72112
>---------------------------------------------------
>rvoter: Yes
>---------------------------------------------------
>triad: Adult Adoptee
>---------------------------------------------------
>
>comments: I understand that this is a sensitive matter to some people,
>letting the cat out of the bag could possible destroy a family, however,
>most adult adoptees are educated enough to be descrete, and careful about
>the new information they receive.
>
>I was adopted through Arkansas Children's Welfare in 1958. I was born in
>1957. I know nothing of my birth parents, except that their physical
>features were almost identical to my adopted parents, and that my birth
>mother was very young, 14 or 15 years old. I have had a very happy and
>loving & christian home. In my eyes my adopted Mother is MY MOTHER,
>however, there is still the not knowing my heritage. Everyone else knows
>theirs, why can we not know if we are Jewish, Scottish, Irish, etc.
>
>I now have two children, the first is a perfectly healthy 19y/o
>female. The second, who is now 18 years old. His name is Andrew, and he
>has had problems since birth. What is my Birth families medical history,
>what is mine and my children's medical history. Only the state knows. We
>do not know what to screen for, whether it be Diabetes, Cancer, Heart
>Disease, Lung Disease, etc. Why should we be deprived of that right to
>know. My son suffers from Severe Asthma, I have Mitral Valve
>Prolapse, what illnesses or diseases does my birth family have that we
>need to know about?
>
>Adopted children should not be descriminated against any longer. We are
>tried of having no family tree and only one side of a family tree for our
>children. My children are the only BLOOD Relatives I have. How would you
>feel if you did not know your families past history, good or bad. I know,
>you would feel INCOMPLETE, regardless of the quality of your adopted family.
>
>Please think about this matter intelligently. You know if you had to give
>a child away, for whatever reason, when you were young, you would always
>wonder about that child.
>
>Again, prayer about House Bill 1057 and vote with your heart.
>---------------------------------------------------
>submit: Submit Query
>---------------------------------------------------

Arkansans for Adoption Reform
http://www.cabotweb.com/afar
Voice your opinion and let's open Arkansas birth certificates for Adult
Adoptees!

This thread: