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CatalinDavid

I am not only searching for any possible siblings I am also interested in meeting any of my biological family. I don’t have very much information on them and I am not even fully certain if the information I do have is accurate. The details that I have is that my biological mother was very young at the time of my birth, still a teenager at the time. I was told I was her second child and that her first child was being raised by her parents, therefore my biological maternal grandparents had custody of my alleged sister. I was also told that when my adoptive parents met my biological mother she’d been pregnant with her third child, of whom the gender was unknown at the time. So I believe I have an additional sibling but I’m unsure if they’re another sister or if I have a brother out there as well. Also, there’s a high likelihood that my mother had additional children as well. I am pretty much certain that all of my siblings would more than likely just be "half siblings" as I believe we all have different fathers. It was also told to me that my biological father was unknown. I do not know the story here if he was unknown because he’d only briefly encountered my mother and perhaps full real/legal names weren’t exchanged at the time of their encounter and she’d only known him by a nick name or an alias that he’d provided to her. Or if perhaps she’d known his identity but was ashamed to reveal it on any legal documentation, or to my biological family for any number of reasons. It’s also possible that she knew his identity but he’d refused to claim any significant relevance or responsibility to an unplanned pregnancy. Lastly, there’s the chance that he was never informed that my mother had even become pregnant and therefore never knew I existed. I was adopted by an amazing loyal and loving American family, who became the only people I have ever known as "Mom and Dad," when I was a toddler somewhere between the age of 3-4. When I came to America as an adopted orphan I became an American citizen and was able to legally change my name to reflect that of my adoptive parents. From what is known to me though I am under the understanding that at birth my Romanian name was Catalin Roman. I honestly may not have ever known of my adoption as I had no memories of being in the orphanage. However my adoptive parents decided to inform me of my adoption when I was about 7-8 and they decided to tell me because I’d voiced that I kept having a reoccurring "nightmare" of what could have been memories from my younger childhood that I hadn’t remembered living through. So that’s when my parents decided it was best to be honest with me and give me a quick synopsis of my background as to where I came from. They withheld a lot of details from me. Why I’m not really sure but, I am sure it was because they felt that it was the best decision for me and my psychological health and well-being as even the little bit of information they did provide me with is a lot to take in and understand especially at such a young age. It was only recently that I learned the information that siblings existed and that’s because my parents had shared it with a serious girl friend of mine who then mentioned it to me. Which is what brings me here with hopes to find and be connected to possible blood relatives of mine whom I’ve never known existed and who probably don’t know I exist either. I would love to see what personality traits I may share with them as well as any physical attributes. I’d love to hear stories of their upbringing and maybe even a long kept family tradition. I have no knowledge of what my "family history" maybe so when ever I visit a new doctor and fill out medical documents I am lost and am forced to check the "unknown" box at the end of the long list of ailments and am always left pondering what those answers could be. Wondering what precursors I may be susceptible to or may genetically pass on to my future generations. I am hoping this begins my journey to finally getting answers to oh so many questions I have collected over the last 32 years of my existence. To whom ever maybe looking for me but are too nervous to reach out know that I welcome you with open arms and that you made a good decision to give me a better chance at life that you knew you weren’t able to provide for me. I was raised by an amazing family with outstanding morals and who taught me and raised me right! They also loved me as if I was their own son, their own flesh and blood. And know that you’d be proud of me. I’d love for you to contact me so we can connect and I can share the more intimate details of my life and my journey with you so you can learn to love (although I’d settle for liking) me and so you can share your story with me and allow me the opportunity to do the same! I am patiently waiting! -Catalin