Just curious because in our adoption group bio fathers mental health seemed to be strongest determinant of the adoptive child’s mental health.
With difficult at times and sometimes tragic results.
Indeed! That issue - as a stand-alone topic of discussion - is a genuinely valid one.
It can also have tragic consequences (I have second-hand experience)!
And even if there are no obvious or established genetic markers in play: If the child has already been forced to live in the "care" of his irresponsible biological parents for a mere three or five years, this can result in irrevocable psychological damage - not to mention possible somatic problems due, e.g., to in utero exposure to noxious chemicals.
Regards,