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bud2.0
August 23rd, 2011, 10:05 PM
okay so i didn't know where to put this so i put it here,
So here is the back ground, My sister and two of my cousins are adopted, my sister is from kentucky, one of my male cousins is from New Hampshire, and one of my female cousins is from Lithuania.
My sister is slowly tracking down her birth family, she is old enough to do so so it is up to here, any way, she found her mom on Facebook and found out she has 2 younger sisters and an older brother who is also adopted i think, any way, she has been talking to her sisters and her moms father, so her grand father, and the talked for a little while, they moved to florida and he has a condo down there and said we are welcome to come down and finally meet in person.
My Mom and Dad are planning on going down to florida after christmas to go meet them and stay at his condo, and meeting them, all of us
My question is is that i don't know how to feel about this, and i don't know what i would do when i meet them, it like "oh hey im you daughters fake brother that i have spent my whole life with"
And then i am running this scenario in my head were she will meet her family and want to stay with them and i never get to see my sister again and she forgets all about us.
If any one could help me with this issue, sorry if i confused you

Ambrosia
August 24th, 2011, 12:18 AM
She won't. My eldest sister was adopted out of our family, as in my mother gave her up for adoption (She was 16 and pregnant). I have never met her but others have. The thing is that there is a difference between a Biological family and your actual FAMILY. She has emotional ties to you all, she was raised there, you all are her actual family. Those you will be meeting are simply those with blood relation. There is a big difference. She might feel a bit attached to them, because of the blood, but you all will always be her real family.

christcenteredlife
August 24th, 2011, 12:28 AM
i'm not adopted, but i am in the foster system. i've been in the same foster home for 5 years and there has been talk of adoption. if my biological parents ever came back into the picture, which i doubt will happen, they left me as an infant or rather, i was taken, i would still love and desire a relationship with my adopted/foster family. my biological parents left me without anything, not even a name. well i had one, they just didn't make it known, so the adoption agency named me and picked my birth date by how old i appeared to be.

you need to tell your parents and your sister how you feel. no matter how hard it is. try opening up and explaining where you are coming from. if i, in the future, find out i have biological siblings, they will never replace my adoptive/foster brothers and sisters. i will never call or refer to them as my "fake" siblings, because unlike the saying, blood isn't always thicker than water.

i doubt this helped. but i hope maybe it reassured you some. please, if you need or have any questions, contact me. seeing as i'm somewhat in your sisters situation, i can understand a bit. not exactly, but some.