And in this case, that's a bad thing because...?
Because every child orphaned at an early age wonders whether somehow they were to blame. They grow up wondering what their birth mother was like, whether she was like them, whether she loved them, and in some cases, whether what happened to her will happen to them, too.
Get it now?
You are so right. My mother-in-law was adopted in the 1940's and the records are sealed tight! There is no way in hell for her to find out what happened. Those in the family who are alive and may know won't talk and other are deceased. She is a grandmother now and her 'family' or lack of still haunts her. I wish we could do something fo her. We've tried every avenue available and she still gets nothing. She wonders often who her real mom was and what the circumstances were concerning her adoption. It's not easy for her now in her 60's and she was adopted when she was just days old. I cannot imagine that type of mysterious stamp on my childhood....
I feel for Anna's daughter.