Stefanie Green looks over documents that she has collected about her birth family. Green has attempted to contact her birth mother now that Colorado has allowed access to birth certificates for adopted children. (Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post)
Re: One piece of paper is changing the lives of Colorado’s adult adoptees, May 1 news story.
Kevin Simpson s wonderful article clearly illustrates the joy-and-despair conundrum that faces those in search of parents or other close relatives lost through adoption practices.
My father s successful search for his birth parents resulted in both joy and sorrow. He found his birth mother and lost a sister. However, the side benefits more than outweighed any losses.
Finding a birth parent opens a door to each side of the search: the child s and the parent s. A trip to Norway to confirm my father s findings was met with untold warmth, interest, and a front page-story in the local paper. Building upon that with genealogic efforts has now extended the joy back in time and our family size has been multiplied many times.
While there are always two sides to flipping the knowledge coin, more good than bad will win out in the end. Changing old practices by allowing adoptees more knowledge of their origins is to be lauded and expanded. Thank you for printing this story.
Brad Morrison, Castle Rock
This letter was published in the May 8 edition.
