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‘When my parents met me, I WAS IN A BABY FARM’

Becoming a grandparent for the first time blindsides many people. It’s not just the rush of love for this tiny person – your baby’s baby. It’s the realisation that the list of people you’d die for just got longer and, consequently, that your importance on the planet, your place in the Great Scheme of Things, has forever shifted.

‘My birth mother was unmarried ’

When you’re adopted, it is a chance to watch your genes unfurl, to understand how characteristics are passed down through generations, and to see parts of yourself emerging from another human being. Of course, I had this opportunity with my own children, but

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