Are you adopted? Has anyone that is adopted found their biological parents?

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I was wondering if anyone who is adopted has found their biological parents, and if so,how did it go? I would love to hear about others' stories. I was adopted as a baby and growing up it always bothered me being adopted. I did not look like anyone in my family and basically stuck out like a sore thumb. I love/ed my family and felt very fortunate to have been adopted, but there was always just something missing. The not knowing where you can from concept just bothered me to know end. I hated going to doctors' offices and being asked the family history questions to which I would always have to respond "I don't know I was adopted." In middle school it was even worse taking a science class that dealt wih genetics, and when I was called on to answer who I got my eyes from, and I said I didn't know, I jut felt those eyes staring at me like I was crazy, when I said "well, I was adopted." When I was adopted back in the early 70s all adoptions were closed. When I was 24, I contacted the adoption agency that I was adopted through and hired them to open up my file for them to try and contact my biological mother. After several anxious months, I received word that they had locate her. Within a couple of days, I had all of her information, and learned that we had the same first name! We talked on the phone and arranged a time to get toghether. It was wonderful. We look like mutt and Jeff as I am 5'7 and she is 4'9, but it was interstin to see the similarities. So, I had half of the jigsaw puzzle finished, but I still felt a void. I knew his name, but I also knew that he never knew that I even existed. This past year, I decided to do a searc on facebook and I found a girl and I thought to myself, oh my goodness, this girl may be my sister. (oh my biological mother never had any other children). I decided whether or not I should contact her, or send a letter directly to him, when all of a sudden he popped up on facebook! I sent him a message and oh my goodness it was the best thing I have ever done. He is an amazing man, his wife is wonderful, and I have been blessed with three fabulous sisters! I talk to them all of the time. My puzzle is now complete. It is kind of funny that I grew up being the only girl in the family, even out of the cousins and now I have three sisters. The crazy thing now is that it was just me and my brother (who passed away) and now if you include spouses, I have 24 brothes and sistes! I can't believe that I was actually one of the fortunate ones that had good luck with their biological parents. I have heard of many more bad stories than good. So I just wanted to know how others feel being adopted, whether or not there is a desire to know where you came from an if you have in fact met your biological parents how it went. I look forward to hearing from you!