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Jacqui

Jacqui Report 2 Sep 2009 21:33

Someone has contacted me through this site, but the news I give them may be unwelcome. basically that their mother abandoned a child to go overseas and never returned. should I tell them the truth??

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 2 Sep 2009 21:40

Difficult that. Are they asking questions about their Mother? You may have to think how you are going to word it. Not too bluntly I would think.

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Battenburg

Battenburg Report 2 Sep 2009 21:44

You could try sounding them out first.

Ask if they have any information at all.
When did this happen?. People are more accepting today and want to know the truth but its still hard for you incase you do get a bad reaction

Jacqui

Jacqui Report 2 Sep 2009 22:03

Thanks I will go easy, cannot be easy finding you have a half sibling you didn't know existed!

Madmeg

Madmeg Report 2 Sep 2009 23:55

Jacqui she might not have abandoned the child, the grandparents could have insisted the child stayed in England, or offered to bring it up. You don't know what circumstances the mother was in, the father could have been violent or a criminal, she might have been doing her best for the child.

Margaret

Madmeg

Madmeg Report 2 Sep 2009 23:55

Jacqui she might not have abandoned the child, the grandparents could have insisted the child stayed in England, or offered to bring it up. You don't know what circumstances the mother was in, the father could have been violent or a criminal, she might have been doing her best for the child.

Margaret