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At 17, I became pregnant after a messy relationship with a boy who promised he would stay but disappeared shortly after my son was born. I wanted to place the baby for adoption because I was young, scared, and unable to support him. My parents refused, saying their grandchild should not be raised by strangers, so they legally adopted him and raised him as their own. He became my little brother, and I eventually moved away and built my own life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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