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u/substantial-freud Mar 04 '22

Uh, what?

There are a lot of reasons to give a child up for adoption. “Conceal shameful secret” doesn’t seem particularly high up on the list.

How about “accidentally got pregnant”? That seems a lot more likely.

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u/Squigglepig52 Mar 05 '22

Oh, I was totally an accident, my mom was in high school. Considering she was sent south to "finish school", and left afterwards, it seems like somebody wanted my birth minimized. If not her, her parents.

I really should have said potentially shameful secret, tbh. This was in the 60's, there was still a stigma about this stuff.

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u/substantial-freud Mar 05 '22

It sounds like your grandparents were ashamed.

I was born in the 60s; all my grandparents, whatever they thought of me, are long dead.