17 Heartbreaking Stories Show What Can Happen When You Adopt a Child

17 years ago, my wife and I adopted an Asian boy from a Chinese family. His parents were teenagers, so we didn’t ask many questions. But we should. We took the boy to China, we taught him to speak Chinese so that he knew his roots. He grew up. He decided to go to college. We found old documents, and we saw that his biological parents’ surnames were Park and Kim. They are Korean surnames! My son is not Chinese! © unknown author / Reddit

My aunt and uncle had a son, but later, auntie had several health problems, and could no longer get pregnant. So they decided to adopt two children, a boy and a girl. After a year, the boy became allergic to gluten, and my aunt has celiac disease, which is gluten intolerance. What a strange coincidence! But not only that. After a while, they got a call from the orphanage. They reported that the girl’s birth mother had lupus, which was why she had given the child up for adoption. And isn’t it that my aunt also has this disease? © DevoutandHeretical / Reddit

As a child, I believed that I, or my brother, were adopted. I wanted a drama, like in the movies, you know? A few years ago, I found out that my grandfather was not my blood grandfather, and that my father was adopted. It all became clear, as my father looked nothing like my grandfather. Now, I don’t know what to do: leave everything as it is, let it be on the grandparents’ conscience, or tell my father, who is past 50. I also have children and would tell if they were adopted. But the secret is not mine.© unknown author / Ideer

My friend has a daughter, adopted at four months. Today, she is already 16 years old. Everything was fine, but the girl didn’t know that she wasn’t the biological daughter, until one day my friend’s great-aunt asked the girl to help her carry her bag and, in exchange, she would tell her a secret. Responding to people’s indignation, she said that she was old, that she didn’t understand things very well and that she didn’t know it was a secret. We later found out that she was jealous. Her son and grandson didn’t make good choices, and my friend’s daughter was exemplary! “Every secret will be revealed! Everyone must take responsibility for their actions!” said the lady, with malice. They decided not to do anything and respect and told the girl that that person was bad and a liar. irina.che / Pikabu