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Genealogy is the #2 hobby after gardening. Adoptees and donor-conceived persons are told that biology means nothing.
Does it "mean nothing" or are adoptees/donor-conceived just being treated as second class citizens?
| Yes, even if you are adopted or the product of donated gametes. | 38 | |
| No, you are what you are, the past means nothing. | 7 | |
| Yes, but only if you are raised by your biological family. | 4 |
To me, it means nothing. What matters is who *I* am, not who my ancestors were. I think this is probably the most popular view for people at my stage in life, and I fully expect to change my opinion about not caring in the future. It just doesn't interest me. However, it does interest almost every adult I know, which is why I expect my opinion to change.
However, I would say it means more to an adopted person to find out about your family history. Not your adopted family though, but your biological family. A lot of adopted people have a huge urge to find out about their biological family. If there isn't a way for them to do that then I'm surprised, to be honest.
It meant a huge amount to me to learn a lot about where I came from and what made me. I have friends from countries that don't maintain any real level of historical record and I feel quite bad for them, knowing their curiosity is something that will never be met with answers.
I wouldn't say it means 'nothing.' It's important emotionally, but it doesn't have to define who you are.
It means a lot, I was raised in a biological family, but my grandfather became an orphan in WWI, and he never talked of anything that was before the war. Then he got an Alzheimer's and asking anything was pointless.
I could never find anything related to that side of the family except for the fact that he was German.
My mom's side was super easy, though. A lineage of a small village blacksmiths.
Its not something one should take seriously but it would be interesting to find out.
Well, I know who my parents are. They are losers. But would I like to know who their parents were? And their parents before them? Would I like to know my ancestors living during the 1500s? FUCK YEAH. That would be awesome. I wish there was a way :(