Tag Archives: Birth Siblings

Adoption Experts answer your questions.

Ask AF: Should We Tell Our Child She Has a Birth Sibling if They Can’t Be in Touch?

Ask AF: Should We Tell Our Child She Has a Birth Sibling if They Can’t Be in Touch?

“Would knowing that somewhere, out in the world, she has a biological sister—but one she can’t get in touch with or live with as a sibling—help our child, or be harmful?”

brothers and sisters benefit from knowing about and seeing their birth siblings after adoption

Bringing Birth Siblings Into Our Children’s Stories—and Lives

The vast majority of our children have birth siblings, yet parents may wonder how to approach the topic. Adoptive parents, birth parents, and adoptees share how they talk about biological siblings, and build brother-sister bonds.

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