If you found out you were switch in the hospital....
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32694)
Calgary, Alberta
April 26, 2011 12:57pm CST
LOL, switch at Birth is the biggest cliche plot in the Philippine and Mexican television so I decided to make a what if discussion about it.
Lets say the hospital were you were born reveals their mistake, You were swapped in the hospital in the day of your birth, so in other words the family you grow up with is not your family. The mom and dad you love are not real parents. Are you going to try catch up with your real family? will you maintain your relationship with the family you grow up with?
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32694)
• Calgary, Alberta
31 May 11
If the person you are switched with is bitter about the truth how would you handle the situation
@mspitot (3824)
• Philippines
31 May 11
I'll try to make her understand that no one liked what happened. WE and our parents are all victims. She shouldn't blame any one of us. She can't escape the truth that we are switched. It may only hurt her more so the only way to feel better is to accept the truth and give a chance for bonding. Isn't it's nice that we mhave many parent who love us?
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32694)
• Calgary, Alberta
31 May 11
Also see she must be able to make friends with you since you share a situation. By being friends you can learn more about each other's real family
@harck721 (372)
• Philippines
28 Apr 11
I'd stay with the family that raised me, but I guess it wouldn't hurt to meet my real parents. It would hurt, I suppose, and I'd probably feel insecure, especially if I grew up with siblings. But if that family is the same one as the one I have now, I'm sure they'll love me all the same, and I them.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32694)
• Calgary, Alberta
30 Apr 11
There is for sure a chance you will try to connect with the real family but it might not b e as close as the family you knew all your life since the connection has been there for years. I dont knwo if its possible to close with the real family but6 for sure its possible but the connection wont be as emotional as the adoptive family.
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@jaiho2009 (39141)
• Philippines
27 Apr 11
hello Albert,
That would be shocking for me of course.
I will do my best to track down my biological parents.
I know it's not easy,but i will.
I will never change the way i treat or love the people who raised me.
I owe my life to them as well...but i also have the right to know my real roots.
Whew..this is really hard...
Anyway,i am sure i was not switched...i look like my parents 
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32694)
• Calgary, Alberta
30 Apr 11
what the , my response to you got deleted? seriously???? It is epic long and full of awesomeness....I cant retype it.
I wont mind being switched if my real parents are darn rich, so i can provide some bonus to the parents I grew up with.
I wont mind being switched if my real parents are darn rich, so i can provide some bonus to the parents I grew up with.
@moirai (2853)
• Philippines
26 Apr 11
Lol! If I were Mara.... =P
Haha!
I think I would still consider the parents who brought me up as my parents. Although, I am curious enough to want to know who my real parents are, as well as the one I was switched with. =P Maybe I'd want to be acquainted with them too but I'll still stick with the family I grew up in. =)
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32694)
• Calgary, Alberta
26 Apr 11
so you wanted to get to know your real family but you will still consider the people who raised you as your real family. So you will not try to build relationship with your real family, you just wanted to be acquainted so you will feel complete and have some idea with the truth?
@dellahappy (260)
• China
27 Apr 11
well,CaptAlbertWhister,of course i will remain my relationship with my family now,i love them and i will not reduce my love for them just for the fact hospital revealed although my real family give my life and i should be grateful but my family now bring me up and give me care and love,they are my real family...as for my related home i think it depends on them ,i will not trying to catch them up and hope they will not force to pull me away,i still want to live with the parents who raised me.i think my now family will still treat me as their biological child and of course i will disown them and will filial piety them when they are old,i hope the two family will have a closed relationship like one family....
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32694)
• Calgary, Alberta
27 Apr 11
In situations like this I wonder if the 2 families who became victims to such circumstance can be friends and get along. For sure trying to catch up will be hard specially if you will be emotionally attached to the family who raised you. In situations like this it will make you think if the relationships will change.
@alinvenice (1)
• United States
27 Apr 11
This was my lot, seriously. When I learned I had been switched at birth I was the father of four grown children. I have a book coming out, available on amazon in May, and as an ebook: ADRIFT: Discovering at Fifty I Was Switched at Birth. Family are the people you grow up with who love you, and my family has been very supportive, even contributing their DNA to verify this. Al Mascarenas. www.almascarenas.com
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32694)
• Calgary, Alberta
27 Apr 11
okay, it seemed to be an intriguing book, I wonder how it feels like to find out you were only switched in the hospital.
