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pigletsmom · ‎11-21-2011

This is interesting @sophiamarie I'm also adopted I would do the exact opposite. I don't ever want to do any of these things because I don't want any people suddenly popping into my life.

I also think it would be quite jarring and possibly destructive if I did it and all of a sudden relatives see me me pop up as a possible sibling.

I don't know how they did the birth certificates. I only have the Certificate of Birth which I assumed was the same. I wasn't given any options by NYS to get anything different when I needed a copy. I told them I needed a birth certificate, they gave me the form and that's what I got. I'm guessing the original long form gets sealed.

tends2dogs · ‎05-08-2010

@sophiamariewrote:
Okay, I returned my "specimen" yesterday. I hope I gave them enough to work with. Time is running out.

But, not to worry. My boys all said they will carry on with the search just in case I am not around to finish it. Wouldn't it be great if they find siblings they never knew they had????

To be continued........

@sophiamarie I guess I am dense here, but how could your kids have siblings they didn't know they had? Wouldn't you know if you had other children? I must not be seeing this right.

You said time is running out. Are you sick, @sophiamarie? If you are, I hope you find what you are looking for and that it gives you peace.

Fear not Brothers and Sisters! I have read THE BOOK..........we win!!!

sophiamarie · ‎08-08-2013

@pigletsmom Hi - I am not at all concerned about anyone popping into my life. I don't have that many years left to worry about that in the least. I am thinking that maybe someone out there might know where I was born and to whom. I am sure there are very few bio people out there who would be connected. I might be very wrong though.

As I said in earlier posts, everyone connected with my birth, is long gone. My parents both died in the mid 1980's, as was the doctor and all my relatives on both sides. The cousin who told me, died in her 40's and would be 90 y/o now. She was also adopted.

So much secrecy on all sides. I am just curious as to who might still be around and I think it would be fun to find out what little there might be left to my secret life.

There might be some medical information that could come in handy for my sons and their families at some time in the future.

chrystaltree · ‎05-10-2010

No, I have more than enough family that I already know about. Both my parents came from large families so that shared family history and stories. There are no blanks that I'm curious about and I don't need or frankly want more family connections. Also, a good friend went through and is still going through a nightmare after she agreed to meet the daughter she place for adoption when she was in college. She let people convince her to do let the young woman into her life and only pain, trouble and disruption and restraining orders came of it. She opened that door and now it will never close. So, I'm a little afraid of opening a Pandora's box. I think I might like knowing the genetics part and following my ancestors' migratory past. That would be interesting but I don't actually want to contact or be contacted by distant relatives.

sophiamarie · ‎08-08-2013

@tends2dogswrote:
@sophiamariewrote:
Okay, I returned my "specimen" yesterday. I hope I gave them enough to work with. Time is running out.

But, not to worry. My boys all said they will carry on with the search just in case I am not around to finish it. Wouldn't it be great if they find siblings they never knew they had????

To be continued........
@sophiamarie I guess I am dense here, but how could your kids have siblings they didn't know they had? Wouldn't you know if you had other children? I must not be seeing this right.

You said time is running out. Are you sick, @sophiamarie? If you are, I hope you find what you are looking for and that it gives you peace.

@tends2dogs LOL I was waiting to see how long it would take for someone to figure out that I was just kidding. Yeah, it would be kinda strange if I had other kids and never knew it. But, stranger things have happened...... Anyway, it was just a joke.

I'm not sick - just old. Time moves very quickly and I don't think these DNA tests are around very long - at least not that I can remember anyway. I recently became aware of them not too long ago and probably should have done something about it then - but life gets in the way. Who knows, maybe something will come of this and I'll find something out anyway. We'll see - and I'll keep you all updated.

Thanks for your post and am glad you "noticed"........

Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

Well, there is always the possibility of patrilineal siblings.

Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

@pigletsmomwrote:
This is interesting @sophiamarie I'm also adopted I would do the exact opposite. I don't ever want to do any of these things because I don't want any people suddenly popping into my life.

I also think it would be quite jarring and possibly destructive if I did it and all of a sudden relatives see me me pop up as a possible sibling.

I don't know how they did the birth certificates. I only have the Certificate of Birth which I assumed was the same. I wasn't given any options by NYS to get anything different when I needed a copy. I told them I needed a birth certificate, they gave me the form and that's what I got. I'm guessing the original long form gets sealed.

@pigletsmom

You can keep your test results private, including not allowing a list of your relatives.

They do not ask for or need a birth certificate..

pigletsmom · ‎11-21-2011

@Noel7wrote:
@pigletsmomwrote:
This is interesting @sophiamarie I'm also adopted I would do the exact opposite. I don't ever want to do any of these things because I don't want any people suddenly popping into my life.

I also think it would be quite jarring and possibly destructive if I did it and all of a sudden relatives see me me pop up as a possible sibling.

I don't know how they did the birth certificates. I only have the Certificate of Birth which I assumed was the same. I wasn't given any options by NYS to get anything different when I needed a copy. I told them I needed a birth certificate, they gave me the form and that's what I got. I'm guessing the original long form gets sealed.
@pigletsmom

You can keep your test results private, including not allowing a list of your relatives.

They do not ask for or need a birth certificate..

Thanks for the info @Noel7. I suppose I should have known you can have them kept private. The birth certificate stuff was just about SophiaMarie having issues with hers. Hadn't heard of that problem before.

Honestly I just don't personally have a lot of interest in this stuff. I consider my heritage that of my parents since that was history I was brought up with. But my mother is never going to convince me that corned beef is good!

sophiamarie · ‎08-08-2013

I don't remember having any "issues" with a Birth Certificate. All I remember was that before I got married, I was told I needed my Birth Certificate. My uncle, who was a Judge, said he could help me with that and I ended up with a pink piece of paper that said "Certificate of Birth". It was hand-written and had my maiden name, date and state of birth and was signed by a notary and had a raised seal.

I guess I needed that in order to get my marrige license. Otherwise, I don't remember any issues at all. It was a very long time ago. I remember making a xerox copy and just happened to come upon it a few days ago, while looking for something else.

151949 · ‎03-09-2010

I gave DH a DNA test thru Ancestry for his birthday. They give you a list of people you appear to be related to per your DNA. He already knew all the names on his list - all first or second cousins.

A set of identical twins I used to work with had their DNA tested and they got different results. Go figure.