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My son's birthmother chose to have a closed adoption - she was adopted, her dad was adopted and neither of them ever wanted to seek out their birth parents. Their adopted parents ARE their parents and they both had loving, close relationships. She wanted the same for her son, so she will keep in touch with the agency in case he ever does want to meet her, but in the meantime doesn't want to confuse him and has choosen to stay out of his life. We don't really understand her decision, but respect it, and it gave us such reassurance that there are MANY successful adoptions where adoptive parent and child have just as strong a bond as biological parent and child. And, by the way, there are plenty of biological children who grow up hating their biological parents!
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