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“Why Won’t My Birth Father’s Wife Accept Me?”
I was adopted as a child and my birth mother never told my father about me—she only knew his first name, so there really wasn’t a way to find him anyhow. I was able to identify him through DNA testing and reached out.
“How Do I Reach Out to Biological Siblings Who Don’t Know About Me?”
I’m adopted and know the identities of my birth mother and father, but the biological siblings on my paternal side don’t know about me yet. My children are encouraging me to reach out. What should I do?