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20. That is quite an accomplishment

People who are not affected by adoption, don't realize how important it is to know one's roots. It doesn't matter what kind of roots those might be, good, bad, or mediocre. Knowing the truth is 100 times better than living through one's imagination. "What she don't know won't hurt her" was the common attitude for a long time. Just sweep it all under the rug and move on.

Fortunately I was able to find out a lot without the help of my adopted parents (aunt and uncle), but we all know they took secrets to the grave and there are still things I will never know. I did end up finding a brother through a message board on Ancestry.com and learned more about my father and his other children. Just a few years ago I found out where and when my mother died, though I never found out what happened between the time she left and when she died.

It is incredible how much we can find today that would have been impossible years ago.