[Jen_in_OH]

We just learned (and are in shock) that our two bio siblings who we adopted in July 2005 have a younger bio sibling who was born in 2006.

Has anyone on these boards experienced this? When the shock wears off - should it wear off - I will have questions about this. I'm wondering if there are others out there who have pursued adopting their child's bio sibling.

thanks,
Jen

[Katie63011]

Jen,

I don't know if I can post it, but there is yahoo group for Russian siblling/family search. There are quite a few on the board who are in the process of adopting their children's siblings. PM me if you want the information.

You must be in shock, I can only imagine how you are feeling.

Katie

[amyfk]

Hi Jen,

I really have no idea how Id find out if my baby has a bio sibling. I have thought of calling my agency and telling them if a sibling became available we'd be interested. But no, we havent adopted a bio sibling. I wish you the best in your process!
Amy K, NJ

[waitinginnj]

Several people have been contacted about siblings and pursued the adoption. One of the NJ crowd brought home a son last year. It isn't overly uncommon.

[gabsdot]

Friends of our just adopted their sons bio sister. They had paperwork submitted and were expecting a referal for a boy and it was a total coincidence that they found out about her. They are thrilled with her.

[tbristow]

OMG!!! I just sent you a PM!!

[DCD]

We got the call about our DD bio brother. She was born in 2003 and came home in 2004. We got the call the following summer about her brother. He was born in 2005 and came home in 2006. They are almost 2 years apart.

They told us they tracked us down from the Passport numbers. It was an interesting experience.

Let me know if I can help in any way.

Dina

[ddahl]

Who tracked you down with the passport numbers? The ministry or your agency? Need more info on that one please..... its so exciting

[Annabell]

Hey. We just did not go there. Got the vague impression that B-mom kept the first-born daughter and first-born son, and put baby brother and our DD into the orphanage, where baby brother died -- and where our own DD almost died.

Heard just days ago from a neighbor/bud/friend who went bi-racial domestic adoption that she hears ALL the time, when push comes to shove, "YOU'RE NOT my REAL mother, so you can't tell ME what to do!"

While DD and I have our moments, that has NEVER been stated in our home.

I would love for someone to say that my daughter's younger sibling was alive and available. But I understand your shock, and the dilemma....

Bless your hearts, all of you!

[cherylanderson3]

We adopted our son in Nov 2003. Rec'd a call in Sept 2004 that he had a bio sister, who was born May 2004. They found us via the Ministry database. We adopted her and brought her home April 2005. I was told that they do try to find the families of bio siblings if at all possible to see if they want to adopt siblings that may be put in the orphanages at any point in time.

Cheryl

[DCD]

In regards to tracking us with passport numbers. My agency called and said that the hospital was able to track the passport numbers to the same baby home dd was from.

Then the baby home alerted my agency who in turn alerted us.

[Isabo]

Originally Posted by Jen_in_OH

I'm wondering if there are others out there who have pursued adopting their child's bio sibling.

Jen,
There was a special on Dateline, I think, about this last night. A couple adopted fraternal twins at about toddler age from Russia. They were very sick but their health is excellent now. When they were 5 years old the adoptive parents found out that the first parents had also relinquished two sets of older twins - a set of girls and a set of boys. They were 12 and 11 I think. They ended up adopting all of the kids and have 6 kids now. It was a very good story with a happy ending for the kids. The parents are broke but very happy. They got a lot of financial support from their community, which has helped a lot.