Personal Fact Sheet

Personal facts pertaining to my adopted life

• I never was told my birth name until a teenager.
• I never fit in, in any way, shape, or form, with my adopted family.
• I was one of two adopted kids in the family. There were no birth siblings.
• I was very badly abused in many different ways.
• I had to pay the State of New York, $75.00 to get my non-identifying information.
• I have as of yet been reunited with any birth relatives.
• I was not told the truth surrounding the reason why I was given up.
• My being adopted was used against me, as a cover up for the abuse. I came from bad blood, so I deserved everything I got.
• I have always had a longing to know who I am.
• I still do not have access to my original birth certificate.
• I have a half brother and sister, who may or may not know I exist.
• I do not have any medical information as to what I may have inherited.
• Many doctors have not seem to understand, that I really have no medical information to give them.
• I do not know for sure, what nationality I am.
• I have been very much discouraged and detained from searching, both from my adopted parents, and the system.
• I had no close ties with anyone growing up, so no sense of belonging or being wanted.
• None of my relatives felt like the real deal to me, though I believe that I was more or less accepted by them.
• The cost of me was referred to many times growing up.
• I was definately NOT wanted by my adopted mother.
• My adopted brother and I were NOT treated alike.