MY BIRTH FAMILY CONTACTED ME AFTER 31 YEARS WITH AN OUTRAGEOUS REQUEST — AM I WRONG FOR HOW I REACTED?

I never wondered much about my past. I was left as a baby behind a bakery, adopted by the best parents I could’ve asked for, and grew up loved.

When I got engaged, my fiancé suggested a DNA test. That’s how I found Lianne and Ezra—siblings I never knew. They said our mother, Angela, claimed I’d been kidnapped, but the truth was harsher: she abandoned me. Now, years later and terminally ill, she wanted me back.

I met them all once. It was emotional, but when Angela asked me to stay, I told her no. I already had a family—the ones who raised me.

I walked away not out of anger, but clarity. Beginnings don’t define us. Choices do.