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Originally Posted by joskids
My daughter met our 9 year old son's birthfamily and saw photos of his birth siblings and met his Aunt (not birthmom). She said it just hit her so hard that her little brother really belonged to another family and, even though she has always considered him to be her brother, to see his first family was very overwhelming to her. She was just shaking when she left them. These are powerful feelings. Again, my point that adoption is not ideal for anyone in the triad. Loving and functional biofamilies are ideal but we just don't live in an ideal world. It's nice to be able to voice our truths on this post.
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I can imagine the emotions. It is hard and such a complex set of emotions, at that!