{"id":223869,"date":"2020-05-19T09:40:40","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T14:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=223869"},"modified":"2020-05-26T11:15:44","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T16:15:44","slug":"dying-birth-mother-meets-twins-placed-adoption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/dying-birth-mother-meets-twins-placed-adoption\/","title":{"rendered":"TEARJERKER: Dying birth mother meets twins she placed for adoption"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A recent Humans of New York<\/a>\u00a0story about\u00a0a dying birth mother’s reunion with her twin sons has been touching hearts. A post on the group’s\u00a0Facebook page explained how the woman’s daughter learned of her brothers’ existence, and how she helped reunite them with their birth mother.<\/p>\n

According to the post, the unnamed dying woman’s daughter noticed that her mother had a special ring with birthstones in it for each of her children. “I remember noticing at a young age that my mom had two extra stones in her mother\u2019s ring. They were two rubies,” the daughter (who was also not named) said. “And she explained to me that they signified my twin brothers. She told me that she\u2019d given birth to them when she was 22 but was unable to care for them. So she gave them up to another family.”<\/p>\n

While the adoption was a closed adoption, the family who adopted the twins kept their birth mother involved in a small, but meaningful, way. The adoption was organized with the help of a family friend, which allowed the birth mother to be kept up-to-date about the twins’ life. “We\u2019d receive photos every few years, and I could see the resemblance, which piqued my curiosity even more,” the daughter said. “But we had no other information. We didn\u2019t even know their last name.”<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Birth mother shares open adoption story: \u2018God had bigger plans\u2019<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

But her mother was determined to honor the adoptive family’s boundaries, and though she wanted to meet her sons, she insisted that it needed to be the boys’ decision. But then their birth mother was diagnosed with cancer.<\/p>\n

“[D]uring this time a letter arrived from my brothers\u2019 mom,” she said. “She told us about their lives. Nothing too deep: what schools they went to, vacations they\u2019d been on, stuff like that. And at the end of her letter, she wrote: \u2018I wanted to thank you for the blessing you\u2019ve given me. I couldn\u2019t have kids. And you gave me two.\u2019 My mom was very moved, but she still discouraged me from reaching out. \u2018It\u2019s not our place,\u2019 she said.”<\/p>\n

But then, her mother’s cancer got worse, and she was admitted to hospice\u2014so her daughter decided to ignore what her mother said, and reached out to her brothers.<\/p>\n

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