Young Man Adopts an Orphan Boy and Finds Out He Is His Biological Son – Story of the Day
When Ryan and his wife couldn’t have children, they adopted a six-year-old boy who had been returned to the orphanage after almost being adopted. The kid looked precisely like Ryan, which raised everyone’s suspicions. And that’s when Ryan’s mother had something shocking to confess.
“Honey, he looks exactly like you. It’s amazing!“ Ryan’s mother, Mrs. Phillips, exclaimed during her first meeting with his newly adopted son, Thomas. Ryan and his wife, Sandra, had fallen in love with the boy after visiting the local orphanage. It took some time, but they could finally take him home. She and Ryan had been trying to have a kid ever since they married right after graduating from NYU, but it didn’t work.
Today, they gathered at Ryan’s parents’ house so they could meet their son, and everything was going well. Thomas seemed to be adjusting great to his new life with them.
Ryan’s mother had something shocking to confess. | Source: Pexels
“I know. I think that’s partly why we felt such a connection with him, but it’s a little odd, right?” Ryan replied to his mother, sipping a beer and watching Sandra running around the yard with Thomas and his parents’ dog, Jiggle.
“Well, it’s meant to be. I’m glad you took him in, darling. I’m so proud of you because some people don’t take in grown kids,” Mrs. Phillips continued, patting his back and smiling at the beautiful scene in her backyard.
“Yeah, well. Apparently, he was adopted as a baby, but the adoptive parents chickened out, and he has been part of the system since then. It’s so sad. I can’t believe someone would do that,” Ryan explained to his mother.
“Oh my God. I can’t believe you can just return a kid. Who would do that? What about his birth parents?” Mrs. Phillips wondered.
The boy was now home with them. | Source: Getty Images
“They hadn’t completed the adoption, so they were allowed to return him. Otherwise, it would be considered a crime. And according to the orphanage director, the birth mother disappeared after giving the baby up. It was supposed to be an open adoption. That’s when the birth parents are involved in the process. But she gave them the baby and was gone. They tried calling her when Thomas was returned, but they couldn’t reach her,” Ryan revealed, shaking his head at how hard Thomas’ life had been already. Not anymore. Thomas was home with them.
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