Does anyone know what it's like to be adopted?

Question:

Does anyone know what it's like to be adopted?

Do you want to know your real parents?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I always wanted to know my bio family since I never really seemed to "fit-in" with my adoptive family. I have blonde hair and blue eyes, fair skin and my adoptive family all have black hair and brown eyes will olive colored skin. People could pick me out as being the "adopted" daughter, in which they did frequently...and I was also referred to by my family as the "adopted" daughter, even though I was only 10 months old when they got me. You would think after all that time, I would be called "daughter"...has not happened as of yet. I felt as though I was the black sheep of family most of the time and my other siblings received different treatment than I did. I remember asking my adoptive mom one time about my adoption and she snapped and said I had no right to know, because they "threw me away and didn't want me" as she put it. That made life for me even worse. Right then, at that moment, I knew I wanted to find my real family...because I truly felt I didn't belong with the ones who had me at that point.

At the age of 24, I came home from work on a Saturday about noon time. My husband was their with my children and said I had a letter from DCFS. I opened it, read it and immediately burst into tears. I had a biological sibling who was trying to find me! I was so happy, nervous, hysterical all at the same time. I called the caseworker back on Monday and asked what I needed to do and if there was anyway I could meet my sibling. She said we each had to write a letter to one another, through her before we could have each others name and contact number. I asked about my bio mother and father...all she could tell me was that my mother was dead but my father was still alive. So,about 2 weeks later went by, after the letters had been exchanged, I received another letter from DCFS with my sisters name, address and phone number. Again, I started crying. I immediately called her...she wasnt home at the time, and left a message. She called me back a short while later and we met for the first time at a Dairy Queen in her town. We passed each other as I was going out and she was going in...lol. My husband knew it was her because we look a lot alike, and said hey, are you Amy? We hugged and that was pretty much that...lol. We've been together for 9 years now and are like two peas in pod! Nothing has come between us and nothing ever will. We call each other Mom all the time because we take care of each other...like a mother would do. I love her with all my heart, and she will never be taken from me again.