Yes, it's true! Adopted at birth. I did a little search here and can't really find other threads about this, short of one from a parent adopting foster kids.
I've known about my adoption since I was little. Still have the first book my parents bought me on the subject. Though, I don't always make my adoption a number one topic of discussion, I've never been closed about it. I came to terms with adoption many years ago. I have no anger or ill will towards my biological mom. She did what she thought was best at the time. Fast forward to the early 2000's....
...Being in IT, I was always on a computer and used my skills to search for my birth family. It was a private adoption and I have a lot of info. At some point, I found a post on a genealogy site that was obscure and probably doesn't exist anymore. It was a cousin looking to build a family tree and was searching for long lost relatives. A couple weeks after responding, I received an email from this cousin. We corresponded back and forth via email for a couple years before I dropped things due to personal issues that made it difficult to deal with everything. Fast Forward to Facebook....
...With Facebook so popular, I tried to search again many years later and was able to reconnect with the cousin I found on the Internet and soon after other relatives, including my brother (half, really). I had known that I had a older brother via my parents. We communicated back and forth via FB messenger for a couple of years, before deciding it was time to take it to the next level...
Life is moving forward and there are a few reasons that I need to now connect with my birth family (not up for public discussion).
I have since spoken on the phone with one of my aunts and my brother. My biological mom does not want anything to do with me at the moment. At the moment I am going back and forth with dates coming up at the end of January or sometime in February to fly back East and finally meet some of my birth family, including my brother.
Emotionally, I seem to be handling things fine, though I was bombarded at Thanksgiving dinner with questions from every part of the field by my family and nearly broke down a couple of times.
Suffice to say, I'm excited to see how things transpire with the meeting, visiting the place where I was born. There is some trepidation, but I think this is natural.
I'll post updates as they come in and hopefully pix from where I was born, though I may leave out faces.
This upcoming meeting will help to close one chapter of my life, but hopefully open a new, adventurous one!
Feel free to ask questions and I hope y'all follow along with my journey!
