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DH was adopted and im just wondering if....

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chloeb2002 · 25/03/2009 03:18

anyone can answer or enlighten me on any of my questions?
1/ we now have a DS and DH would never search for his biological parents to cut a long story short his adoptive mother is an evil witch who he believes is a born again saint and i think he would feel like he is betraying her, also she has told him the whole they never wanted you so we saved you speech... but can DS ever trace his biological family if he chooses to? Obviously he can trace mine... poor him! but he has somehealth issues and may want some history for if he ever has kids so is it ever possible even if DH refuses?

2/ Dh as above doesnt know his biological family but constantly puts huge emphasis on what ds does like him...so i get alot of my mum has reinforced to me that as a child i allways wanted to go outside (although his adopted parents rarely left the house).. he is just like me stuff... i get alot of it! in fact he is quite upset when DS doesnt do something like him.. different food tastes etc.. i find it hard as to me it means little because we have no idea why DH did what he did and therefore it feels like it is of little meaning. So i guess it has no profound meaning..
3/ I had a hard day a few months ago where dh got all emotional because ds was sitting like his adoptive grandad.. who died 7 years ago so DS who is 1 never knew him... even dh's adoptive mother pulled him up and said but he couldnt but it did make for a tense time for me not wanting to upset him but not wanting to encourage it either!
And yes i do find it hard that he doesnt want to look for his biological family and find out who he is and where he is from particulary as DS has some genetic problems, but i do accept it. I guess i just see it all through different eye and could just do with hopefully someone who has sat on the other side of teh fence explaining to me how to react.. cope etc...

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makingafamily · 25/03/2009 03:44

I've private messaged you x

KristinaM · 26/03/2009 09:22

you and/or your son can try to trace your Dh birth family by using teh public records open to everyone, but you cannot get access to his adoption records, which are only open to him. but i am wondering why you woudl do this against your Dh wishes?

you seem surpirsed that your Dh emphasises the ways in which his son is like him. your Dh has waited all his life to have someone who is biologically related to him - why woudl thsi not be a big deal? i assume you have always had this?

You say that your DHs childhood has little meaning just because you have " no idea why DH did what he did"? i dont understand why you feel his past is less important or meaningful than yours?

why do you " not want to encourage" your Dh saying how your Ds reminds him of his father? Why don't you just say " oh yes he doesnt, what a shame X isnt here, i'm sure DS woudl have loved him" etc etc

you say " he doesn't want to look for his biological family and find out who he is"

your husband is who he is. finding out about his biological family or even meeting them wont change who he is.he is the man you loved and married and have a child with, a product of his genetics and his environment, as we all are.

you seem very conflicted about your husband being adopted. coudl i gently suggest that you sit down and talk to him about it. jut listen and try to forget your agenda, which seem to be that he should trace beecause of your son.

if he is willing to talk and you to listen it might help you understand him better

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