Out of the blue the other night, on facebook. I went on the group that is for the town I was born in. I posted what i knew about my birth, and the name I went by, although I didnt know the last name, we thought it might be german and starting with an H.

A woman with a last name contacted me and asked me to contact her. This is what i just got. I have the hugest lump in my throat right now.

******* sent you a message.

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Re: Hi there

well...I don't know if this is a coincidence or not but, I was born in '78 and when I was very young, my aunt had a baby, (she was about 20 I beleive) anyway, she brought this little baby home, and her name was Amanda. My grandparents didnt have alot of money, and I don't think could help take care of the baby. Since I was very young, I didn't ask many questions, but I did when I got a little older, and my grandmother told me that "they took her" I wan't sure what that exactly meant, but it was good enough for my curious little mind. ANYWAY! I know that the baby's name was Amanda and she was "taken" or adopted when I was very young. My family still has a picture of this little baby laying on my grandmothers couch. My aunt, looking back, fell apart. She had two girls after Baby Amanda, but my Aunt wasn't the same, and her boyfriend told her he was taking the girls away. He took the two girls, the last time I saw them they were babies....maybe 1 year and the other, 6 months.
I beleive that baby Amanda was born in Roseway Hospital. To me- I beleive YOU are my cousin. BUT I don't want to get your hopes up, in the case that you may not be. It is probably a very sensitive subject. Anyway, I will talk to my other family mambers and see what they know, if you have any questions, feel free to message me any time.
BTW, I am from Ingomar, that's in Shelburne County. That would be where baby Amanda's Mom is from. Oh, and my and her last name was Hemeon-German I think. Baby Amanda's Dad's last name was Newell.
I hope this helps! Or, maybe brought you a little closer.
It would be totally awesome if you are my Cousin Amanda....I see that you go by Mandie....Since I may be Family....Do you mind if I call you Amanda?
Talk to you soon!
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[Rachie]

Wow thats awsome! Good luck i hope it all turns out well for you

Wow! I don't know your situation, but I am sure you are having some mixed feelings. OMG!

[coupe-chic]

wow, omg thats amzing, i really hope it all wors out for you, im so happy for you right now

[I_WMD]

Crosses Fingers !!!!

With a Huge Helping of H O P E ,,,,,,,,,,,

WMD..xoxox.

[Naturefreak]

Good Luck Rainbow , you never know who will show up on Facebook.
Hope everything turns out well . Take Care

[jchryl]

you are very lucky and happy for you...

[KathyM]

WOW ((Rainbowz)) - you've made me feel all tingly inside. I hope this turns out well.

So as it turns out.. it looks as if this woman IS infact, my cousin. And her Aunt IS indeed, my birthmother.

All night I dreamed of meeting my birthmother. Wow. I am just floored.

[Naturefreak]

(((rainbowz)))

[lynn P.]

WOW this is amazing news and I'm soo happy for you. How long have you been looking?? When I wa 2 yrs old I lost my Dad to stomach cancer and sometimes I would day dream that I was adopted and I would find my dad. It wasn't because I didn't love my dad - I just wanted one so badly.
How do you feel right now?? I hope and pray everything will work out wonderfully for you and them.

Im still talking to my cousin. I found my mom on Facebook. Or at least who we THINK is my mom. I just stared at the picture, for like twenty minutes. I cant message her, only add her as a friend. So i dont want to do that just yet. However, I did message my aunt Ellie.

Wow. Still floored.

[itsallyann]

I found my birth mother when I was 27 years old - about 22 years ago. She lives about 5 hours away. If you really did find your birth family - congratuations! Just remember all of you will go thru lots of different emotions - both good and bad.

The best thing is now on my birthday, I really do know she is thinking of me.

I hope all goes well for you.

[Christina86]

Very cool ((((((((((((((Bowzz))))))))))))))))

[I_WMD]

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Yeeeeeeeee Haaaaaaaaaaaaaa ,,,,

R A I N Z Z Z ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WMD.

[Amazonmom]

Congrats!

Isn't it amazing how the world can be so big, but you managed to find your birth family?

I am so so pleased for you just one bit of advice.

Take it slow.

[jbug]

That is so cool. My mom was adopted but she always knew who her birth family was because she was adopted when she was 13. So I knew her birth mom and she is my hero.

That has to bring up a lot of mixed feelings in you and have a lot to process. Good luck in processing them.

Like others have said take it slow and easy.

Jan

[krazy_phoenix]

Congratulations Rainbow, I hope it all works out for you all...

I have an older brother that was adopted out, but I didn't know till I was 24 (11 years ago) when he came looking for my mum. It bought up so much stuff, stuff I'm still dealing with all this time later. He looked for mum because he had cancer and thought he was going to die so wanted to meet her before he did (he's in remission now). However, 'slow' is not in my mum's vocabulary and she drove him away with her desperate desire to play happy families and pretend he had always been with us - she rushed things basically, and there are feelings that although you may think you can anticipate, there are those you simply can not. So we lost him for another 8 years, not knowing if he survived his cancer or not. This was almost worse than not being told he existed in the first place (though I 'always knew'). He then found me on School Friends. We slowly built a relationship outside of mum so that if things failed with her again, I would still have my big brother in my life. We all learned from our first experience, and now my older brother (and his partner and 2 kids) are a part of all my family's lives. We were given a second chance and none of us are going to screw it up this time. Adoption affects an entire family, as I'm sure is obvious with your cousin, not just the adopted child and birth parents. Taking it slow is not just for your benefit, but also for those who you don't even know exist yet. You are not responsible for their issues, but taking it gently will certainly go a long way to positive processing and a happy outcome.
Best of luck, you are all in my prayers...
kp