People Who Finally Spilled Their Deepest, Darkest Secrets

One In Five Odds

My mom and dad had a child out of wedlock—gasp!—in college. My dad’s parents pressured them to give her up for adoption. They eventually got married and had four more kids. I’m now 30 years old and just found all of this out. It blows my mind, and my oldest sister and I are now Facebook friends. She seems to have grown up in a very happy home.

I hope she doesn’t constantly wonder why they gave her away and kept their other four children. It makes me a bit sad.

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