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Take the risk to find out about your biological family
The Mercury
|July 10, 2025
“I AM 28 and male. I have no knowledge of my biological family. One vague connection I had with a woman who claimed to be my aunt said I look like my dad.
This person said she’s my mother’s sister, but I have no contact with her or my mother. When I was 11, I was adopted by a family overseas who paid for my education in Southern (not South) Africa. I see them as family. I talk to them almost every day.
This story is from the July 10, 2025 edition of The Mercury.
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