Adopted Woman Raised as Black Finds Out at Age 70 That Her Birth Parents Were White

[diabeticman]

https://gma.yahoo.com/adopted-woman-raised-black-finds-age-70-her-195301437--abc-news-parenting.html

Verda Byrd spent the past seven decades of her life as a black woman, but at age 70, she discovered a shocking family secret her parents took to their grave that she's recently made peace with -- she was born white.

Byrd, now 72, was adopted as a baby in 1943 by her black parents, who never told her that her biological parents were actually white, she said, explaining that she only uncovered the truth in 2013 about her birth after she went on a search for her biological parents' history.

"It was overwhelming," she told ABC News today. "You cannot erase 70 years of your life and just accept what the papers say instantly. It's like 70 years pass by, and in a blink of an eye, you’re a different race."

[B Calm]

1. She had loving parents and that's all that matters.

https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ulTYJuirLr_C_a8q5wsJ3g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTI3MDtpbD1wbGFuZTtweG9mZj01MDtweW9mZj0wO3E9NzU7dz00ODA-/

[diabeticman]

2. Very true.

[Cleita]

3. What a unique story and makes a good point. In the end race and color doesn't matter. eom

[KamaAina]

4. So there's hope for Rachel Dolezal after all?

[Alenne]

6. This would be a great story, if it was the whole truth.

She is a biracial woman adopted by a black family. She is not "white". It is clear in pictures of her as a child and with her sisters as an adult that she is biracial.


Unfortunately, I don't expect much from the media. I wonder what kind of investigation was done before they went with this story. Black people couldn't even use the same water fountain as white people in parts of the country in 1943. And I'm supposed to believe they would be able to adopt a white baby.

[SoCalDem]

7. The parents on the birth certificate may say "white", but

may be incorrect (for the father). A married couple's progeny is always presumed to be "their" child, but we all know that's not always true. These days with DNA., it would be very easy to prove that the husband is NOT the father, but back then there were no such tests.

If she grew up loved, and happy, she won.. Unless she can get DNA samples from her father's relatives or some of his (unlikely), she just has to wonder..

[CTyankee]

8. and so what. I am Southern and I just assume that I must have mixed racial dna...

and I have no feelings whatsoever about that. I just couldn't care less...