On this date, 4/17/1963, Adults entered into a contract that limited my rights without my permission

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19. I'm an adoptee, too. And I could not agree with you MORE!!!

I was born in a closed state - where it was a feeding frenzy for young girls "in trouble," to come in, have the baby, sign some papers, leave it behind, and it was a virtual No-Tell-Motel. Records Sealed. Locked. Files Closed. You're not allowed to know. To spare somebody else's shame. YOU'RE not allowed your very BIRTHRIGHT because they have to hide it to cover up somebody else's shame.

Well, I call BULLSHIT. In my case, that "somebody else's shame" was DECADES ago, and as I later found out, through an unfortunately expensive search, had been dead for years. But I finally found stuff out. And I still feel a great deal of resentment that all that information - ABOUT ME - was kept from me. Forcibly and legally withheld from me. That I couldn't know. Oh the law was relaxed just the teeniest bit - so you could MAYBE find out your biological heritage. Like, wouldn't it be nice to know if your blood lines meant you were susceptible to conditions like cancer, diabetes, heart trouble, even Alzheimers? Wouldn't it be nice, at least, to KNOW? Just to KNOW!!!!!!!! That's really all I wanted to know, especially after I had children myself. What could I tell them? I felt like a loaded gun walking around.

You have EVERY RIGHT to that information. There is no reason on EARTH that I find good enough to withhold that information from you. It's your birthright, dammit.