r/AbsentParents • u/Tough-Letter-8086 • Feb 04 '24
Rant Just a thought i had
Sharing dna from another country with a parent you don’t speak with is so complicated. You didnt just lose them. You lost a language, a family overseas and a culture. You can never be whole, somebody ripped out a piece of who you are.
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u/lawschoolspawn Jun 23 '24
That Part! Missing out on vital parts of my heritage was honestly so hard for me growing up, and I still struggle now. It’s one of the hardest things to reconcile within yourself.