> > When you refer to "that young man" I assume you mean the one who > > fathered your aunt's child. > > > > [email protected] > > No, I refer to the young man who doesn't know he's adopted. I > believe that eventually his mother will tell him. That's up to her, > not me. BTW, the birth father never had any interest in the child, > never saw him actually, and signed over his rights so that my uncle > could adopt him. > > [email protected] in modern countries adopted children have a right to know their birth parents medical genealogy AKA forensic genealogy may make that a matter of life or death in a couple of generations time Hugh W -- Beta blogger http://nanowrimo3.blogspot.com/ visiting my past http://hughw36-2.blogspot.com/ re-entry http://snaps4.blogspot.com/" photographs and walks old blogger http://hughw36.blogspot.com/ MAIN BLOG Hugh Watkins <[email protected]>