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Okay well Im 16 years old and I dont know who my real father is. I know his name is Jim and he lives in west virginia. I dont like asking my mom because everytime I ask she gets this look on her face and trys to change the subject as if she were mad or something. I dont want to make her upset or mad but it feels like theres a wholllle other life that i dont know of! I mean its not one of those things where "she doesnt know who my dad is" she knows but wont talk about him. But there are days where I am completey upset cuz I just start thinking of him even though I dont know who he is."does he even know about me? does he not love me? was i not what he planned on having?" so many questions! Now the TRUE question is when im 18 should I ask my mom then go and try to find him or do you think it happend for a reason?!?! should I just let it go and live with all the pain? im so lost and heart broken. i mean i survived 16 years without a true dad but it hurt so bad excpecially because i never talked about him. What do you think I should do?

His name is probably on your birth certificate, if there's no way of getting it out of your mom. Your mom is probably trying to protect you from someone you'll discover to not be a very nice person. However, remind her that it's important to at least find out his and his family's medical history. Illnesses like breast cancer, alcoholism, etc tend to run in families and these might be things you want to know.

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(Rating: 5) Thanks for replying. I looked at my birth certifict plenty of times but it doesnt show it
:( Thats so dumb. Yeah I never thought about the whole "running in the family thing" How am I soppose to know if my grandma has ever had brest cancer? Things just get tougher and tougher. Thanks again.


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