Thanks, it seems no matter what you do it wrong.....I guess what makes adoptive parents ....PARENTS.. is the love we share with our children..w -----Original Message----- From: TxGeneRat@aol.com <TxGeneRat@aol.com> To: TXWILLIA-L@rootsweb.com <TXWILLIA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 5:07 AM Subject: [TXWILLIA] Adoptions >The first thing that I did when I found out about the birth records on line >was look to see what name my adopted children were listed under. We adopted >them in 1986 when they were 4 and 5. We were sent new birth certificates and >I only found them in the list under their new names not under the old. > >My children's birth mother came back into their life in 1996. At first she >made mine and my husband's life miserable with the children chiming in (they >were 14 and 15). Now that they're on their own, she's making their life >miserable and my daugther says over and over, "I wish she'd never came back >into our life." > >Unfortunately, that seems to be the way it is with many, but it's a journey >every adopted child seems to find necessary, for better or for worse. > >Vik > >PS Does that mean that if I go to Austin I might could find info on my cousin >who was given up for adoption back in 1960 or 61? > >