[Aimee25]

In 1994, my husband found out he had a 7 year old daughter.Although she was not given up for adoption but 19months ago she gave my husbands first grandson up. Back in 1994, fathers rights were nil, once DNA proved he was the father they took child support but would not give visitation. It took us until October 30, 2006 to find his missing daughter. After talking to her we found out that she had been on her own since she was 16. Her mother would not help her find her dad. All she had to do was type his name in any search engine and it would give his number at work, home, cell phone and email. But she was not given a full name. When they were doing the adoption for her son, we came up in conversation but apparently no search was done to locate us. We understand and respect the importance of adoption as my husband himself was adopted at birth and we are trying to find his bmother and bfather. We have a little different of values, we would have cared for her son at the drop of a hat. The adoption was finalized in february 06. We are extremely saddened with the fact that we were not contacted. We will miss out on his precious life. My husband is taking it very hard. We have 6 children including his daughter that we have just located, they range from the age of 3-18. I also just lost what would've been our 7th. We have a very unique family and we love it. I agree that every child should have one mom and one dad, but children can never have too many Grandparents. I hope that our story helps all of you make the best choice for your babies. We are patiently waiting for the decision of the family who adopted our grandson. I thank everyone for doing their part in giving every child a happy home. That is everyone's job. Happy babies are very important.