My mum sold my siblings to the black market baby trade

[@RobinFrost-h4v]

This guy deserves a medal for not becoming a total phyco

[@A-Grammie-On-the-ROCK]

Yes I am surprised he's so calm and stable !

[@marilynnjefferson8525]

From what I’ve seen here, this man is one of the most gracious of people.

[@lynnes5561]

Yes, seeing he was subjected to child abuse as far as I can see, what I can't understand and why did she allow this, she just seemed to sleep with men without thinking, next minute she's pregnant, she never worked and thats also strange to me, no Mother allows her kids to be so poor without making an effort to work, it's almost calous behaviour between the pair of them

[@KerryRussellRN]

Canadian.

[@natscat4752]

What a level headed guy telling his story. Wish him all the best.

[@autumn5852]

I don’t know about level headed but what happened to his head? He’s got a woman’s forehead, lol, which makes him look like he’s got a five-head. I know it’s nothing to do with the story but I’ve never seen such a huge straight up forehead on a man and it’s distracting me from what he’s saying. I’ll have to close my eyes and listen.

[@lisalking2476]

Yes he is,a real gentleman 👏 🙌 God bless him and his family 🙏

[@shelbykuenning2575]

So, shouldn't the adoption agency and/or the adoptive parents be charged with participating in human trafficking? That's what this is, after all.

[@geofo60]

They were sold in the black market, so it's doubtful any registered adoption agency was involved.

[@fijaystudio]

DNA showed so many siblings, one assumes they knew who their “adoptive” parents were. Certainly there should be human trafficking charges laid. The guy behind it lol is a monster.

[@margyeoman3564]

​@geofo60 Some sleeze of a lawyer no doubt

[@freddielind5282]

The adoptive parents probably didn't know

[@basicallyno1722]

This sort of thing happened during “the baby scoop era” -nothing has happened to the people who stole thousands of babies

[@Yasmine1962]

I appreciate his pride in his mother despite the difficult circumstances. His level of empathy and insight is inspiring

[@sallycarlsson3710]

Thank you Mr.Bryntwick for telling your story with so much compassion. I truly admire your composure, courage and lack of bitterness of the checkered and deprived childhood that you experienced.

[@cookyladyyaya9821]

I appreciate how he didn't dishonor the brothers and his father's name.

[@phyllisnowosad2004]

Wow. The longer I live, now I’m 70, I learn that my childhood and family isn’t as strange or different as I thought. He certainly has great grace an courage anf strength of character. He is a true inspiration to me.

[@lynnes5561]

Yes, the Mother didn't even think what psychological effect this would have on this man, wow that takes courage to find all that out, I don't know I'd think anything of a Mother and Father who did that to me and my siblings, sold them like dogs or other animals, no feeling whatsoever, how can ibe sleep at night wondering how they are, what thry look like etc!!! It's horrific that "humans" can do this

[@raeannaruby8306]

I never met my dad. I looked into him in my 20's and found out he died in prison when I was 10. He was decades older than my mom. Years before she was even born, 1959, he did 12 years for sa ing, then killing a 9 year old girl. It made the local papers. I have no idea if my mom knows. He went to prison for something else while mom was pregnant and died there. Thank God for small favors.

[@Hatbox948]

That's such a horrible story. I almost wish you'd never found that out. I wonder what your mom saw in the man, or perhaps she was his victim too. Hopefully life is better for you now. God bless you!

[@raeannaruby8306]

@Hatbox948 thank you! Yeah, the hardest part for me was finding out and keeping it from my mom, it took lots of therapy. She never said one bad word about him as far as I know, and I didn't want to confront her about it. She's a wonderful mom, and an even better grandma, I couldn't do that to her. But the info is out there on him and not hard to find. I kinda had to go it alone.

[@Hatbox948]

@@raeannaruby8306 My heart aches for you, but I'm so glad to know you have a wonderful mother and grandma. This just may be the cross you have to bear in life. Unfortunately we all get one it seems. I wish and hope the best for you. You're an amazing person despite it all.

[@RankinMsP]

​@@raeannaruby8306You're incredible ❤❤❤ Never change 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@haplessasshole9615]

@@raeannaruby8306 If your bio dad was "decades older" than your mother, it's a pretty good bet there was some coercion involved, if not outright SA. I'm glad to know you've gotten psych support, because this is some weird spit. It's reassuring to know she was a "wonderful mother," and she's evidently relishing the grandma role or she wouldn't be so good at it. She has somehow transcended a messed-up past. It's no wonder you speak so highly of her. She must be an amazing woman.

[@delhog6161]

This was happening in the UK in the 60’s back in 1962 when I was born my mother was offered £6,000 for me I was 2days older. The money and cover story was all there ready. My mother went nuts at the 2 men and the nurse. She got dressed and took me home when my dad came to pick her up. I wonder if my dad had something to do with it. He never did like me much.

[@susankaempfer8427]

How horrible for you! I suspect you may be right. 🙁

[@aelwynwitch9460]

Happened to Indigenous children in Canada. But the Indigenous parents did not want to have their child sold. They were stolen by the RCMP and sold to white couples.

[@Hatbox948]

This is still happening worldwide, even in the good old USA.

[@CacaVista]

Oo zalosno strasno Boze pomozi svakom zivo bicu na planeti koje pati. ❤️❤️

[@tillyme1940]

He probably wanted the money, most people are greedy, at least you had a mother that truly loved you! I would consider you very lucky.

[@katella]

Once I had to find homes for 8 puppies that were abandoned at birth which I then bottle raised. It was heart wrenching to have to give them away. This situation is so bizarre.

[@marygoff3332]

Yes, she had no attachment. Very odd indeed. 😢

[@ginadelsasso288]

It really surprised me that she kept his brother that was 8 years younger. I don't get that part after selling off the rest that were younger than him.

[@theoryofpersonality1420]

🤦

[@freakinfrugal5268]

I wondered about that too. Maybe that baby was particularly cute or he looked like someone in her family so she decided to keep him.

[@elisaseverns2543]

😊I ended up with 6 extra cats because I couldn’t bear to part with them when a feral cat gave birth in my barn. 🥹

[@violetgypsie]

My mother was approached to sell me when I was a baby. This happens more than people realize.

[@nonst8]

Neighbors wanted to adopt me when I was 2-3. I always wondered what motivated them to think that this was an ok subject to broach a neighbor. I don’t believe money was offered

[@Gypsygirl9]

​@@nonst8was it because they maybe thought your mom or mom n dad were struggling or maybe there was abuse? I cannot fathom that being a casually,crandom subject to bring up with the neighbors out of the blue. Weird.

[@nonst8]

@@Gypsygirl9 My Dad was working in Greenland at the time and I’m sure he was making good money working for the government there. He came home shortly after that and they bought a house. They may have felt she’d accept their offer. Maybe she would have but husband and family would have never forgiven her.

[@LibraLeo325]

Wow! I want to hug this guy. I feel so bad for his childhood and he has an amazing attitude.

[@autumn5852]

What happened to his head though 😮 although both these guys have five-heads. I wonder if it’s a brain tumour that causes a man’s head to grow that way?

[@sharonleis1365]

What an amazing gentle man for what he has been through.

[@Tammie4561]

This is amazing. My mother sold my twin sisters when they were three years old. I never thought I'd hear of anything remotely like my familys story.

[@janedoe5229]

This is so very, very sad.

[@luns486]

I’m so sorry. Makes you wonder how often this happened. Or even if it happens today.

[@yourneighborhoodxenos]

​@@luns486 Unfortunately, yes, this kind of stuff and similar still happens

[@OceanFrontVilla3]

Well 400,000 "missing" migrant children were trafficked in the USA just in the last few years so..

[@KatelynBaker-yy2jx]

There’s actually a lot like this especially from back when it was legal to sell your kids ..

[@susanne1756]

The mother didn't manage this relationship very well at all. She should have gotten MOST of the money. The father did VERY little to take care of this family. If she was just getting pregnant and selling kids, she could have done this on her own pretty easily. A year ago, at 73, I found out who my bio father was. Come to find out, this man, my father, had 4 kids, of which 2 had the same mother. Then I showed up through Ancestry. All a surprise to my half-sister. Now, we suspect that there could be more of us. I was a one night stand, he didn't know about me. He was married and his wife was pregnant when he met my mother. My half brother was born 6 months before me. Many men just can't keep their zipper up...😕 I think that it's CRIMINAL to keep adopted people from seeing their original birth records. I had to go to my state's Supreme Court and petition to open my birth record...what BS...!!

[@DRJ-ytp]

What an interesting man! So candid and realistic in circumstances that would make some people bitter, angry and devastated

[@autumn5852]

Also the size of his head is interesting. I wonder what happened that caused his head to grow like that? 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@maureenmckenna5220]

His mom gave up her children to be sold to an adoption agency over and over again? And the father of these babies made about $10,000 on each one of them? And, the mom made nothing? Twins fetched $20,000? As inhuman as it is to sell your children, the fact that she allowed the father to pocket the money is crazy too. And, what adoption agency bought these children? What insanity.

[@bec5250]

Yes indeed. And the fact that this family lived in a city surrounded by people who never intervened says the rest. Over time I've come to lose any idealism I felt about humanity. There are genuinely good people out there still, but the balance between people who will stand by a crime scene and film it, as opposed to those who will rush in and help, is sickeningly disproportionate.

[@pollywaffledoodah3057]

His mother may have been on the autistic spectrum - research has shown that autistic women are very easily sexually exploited by sociopathic men. Sadly, these naive and trusting women have no clue that they are being used and abused, and just expect to be treated this shabbily, as they have very low self-esteem. They take no control over their reproductive health, and also take no control over their life in general, leaving it all up to the men who dominate them to make all their decisions for them. It always end badly for the women and children - and the kids are the innocent bystanders to these domestic horror stories.

[@backtoasimplelife]

Yeah, it doesn't add up. Why would the father be getting all the money? Idk what kind of person would get pregnant to sell their own child. Plus she knew he was married and had another family. This man is far more compassionate than I could be.

[@MsKenzo7]

We need to understand that women then had no much control over their decisions or power over the men they were married or men in society in general. Things are a bit different today.

[@maureenmckenna5220]

@ You are absolutely correct, but she wasn’t married to him, and knew he had a wife and another family. This guy looks to be no more than 60, could be younger. That’s about 1965 or so, not the dark ages. This might make some sense if she also pocketed the money, but her son claims they were always living poorly. Sounds like she was in agreement with him and this wasn’t forced on her. And, so it makes no sense. Women just don’t sell their babies one after the other. Wonder what the real story is.

[@Minabobina007]

Over Covid , i discovered I have 13 siblings. Our dad had 14 kids in 9 yrs with 8 women. Last year, at 84 yrs old he was savagely murdered. Any hope for reconciliation and connection, so many questions. Gone.

[@nursemom101casteel7]

When I found my father's side of the family, my new brother told me about our father who was murdered in January of 2000 in North Carolina.

[@blazingstar9638]

That’s awful I am so sorry Were you unable to contact him in the 3 years before he was sadly murdered? 😢

[@AmyPieterse]

My parents are both incredibly dysfunctional people. I’ve only met my father three times and my mother is a white woman who was ill equipped to raise a brown child. By the time I was 13 She lost interest in parenting all together. She took me out of school when I was in the 7th grade. I went no contact and haven’t looked back. Stay strong and know that not all parents deserve their children ❤❤❤

[@pavlal.4552]

Wouldn't you be able to get a private Investigator? So sorry for your loss.

[@KatelynBaker-yy2jx]

I would put your dna on every single dna site ! My grandpa had 16-17 siblings out there he got to meet 6 but still 10 or 11 out there we haven’t got to meet , when there’s that many siblings out there some will have kids etc I’m sure yu could find at least some siblings on some dna stuff I’m sure there looking for yu to !

[@TheGreaterBenefic]

The more I learn about humans the more I prefer the company of animals.

[@HannaARTzink]

You try to avoid knowledge.

[@riettedelport8532]

Yes not even animals do this. God bless.

[@Kootenayconservative]

💯

[@Jcremo]

@@riettedelport8532yes they do. They even eat their young.

[@BlackStump172]

I have five dogs and I love them dearly .

[@shameela7975]

What an awful man. Selling his children. Not looking after the children with his partner. Cheating on his wife. So despicable. I feel sorry for his children.

[@britastertern-gill4961]

A man of no moral compass

[@kellydalstok8900]

@@britastertern-gill4961 His mother wasn’t much better. Who carries on with a married man for decades, having his babies and letting him sell them time and time again. She got very little in return, even though she did all the work and he just got his rocks off.

[@MeadeFatLoss]

The mother did this too

[@MeadeFatLoss]

@@britastertern-gill4961 the mother was out dancing and having one night stands.

[@Marthawendy-sz2mk]

@@britastertern-gill4961but lots of beer,money for bingo,.new curlers😂 football pools-spot the ball n plenty woodbines!🕺🏻💃🏻

[@loriar1027]

My father was adopted as an infant in 1941. His adoptive parents (my grandparents) were wonderful people who touched the lives of many people over the years. My dad never had any interest in knowing who his biological parents were. As far as he was concerned, his adoptive parents were his only parents. My sisters and I have always shared this view. No reason at all to dig up old skeletons. But I respect this guy's equanimity in embracing his family tree.

[@bebeautiful6613]

This is the most bazar story I have heard. I have so many questions! How did she decide which babies to keep and which babies to sell? how come she didn’t get any money from selling the babies. Her poor heart and her poor body, delivering all those babies and giving them away. Getting nothing in return😢 didn’t her friends and family question where all those babies went.. what a fascinating man! He’s open and loving about his mother, compassionate and kind. Thank you so much for telling your story.! 🙂

[@LivingForJesusMennoniteMom]

I'm guessing that she kept the ones who weren't Mike's? But maybe she didn't know whose they were either. There are so many details that are unknown. But what a very very difficult story! It sounds like she was abused also and in a very difficult lifestyle of also wrong choices. And if Mike has 8 children with her, but she had 13 that would seem likely that the 4 he knew weren't Mike's children. But what kind of evil could have caused all this is beyond our comprehension. I pray they have found healing.

[@melaniew4354]

Bizarre. Not bazar.

[@bebeautiful6613]

@@melaniew4354 oh thanks, Word Police. Isn’t it funny how our accents get picked up when we’re talking into our phone? I’ve noticed this with a lot of people. I don’t think I’ve ever corrected anyone though. My spellcheck policeman is not as good as you 😱😆

[@bebeautiful6613]

@@LivingForJesusMennoniteMom I agree it is a very difficult story. I think you’re probably right on with your points . It’s amazing how he was able to tell it. He sounds like he has a kind and caring heart. Not naming his true father’s family,out of respect for them,is a kind thing to do. Many people would be angry and hateful and wouldn’t care how they feel.

[@flawedexistence]

​Accents have absolutely nothing with using correct spelling. And using spellcheck isn't difficult, if you need to.

[@MsK-xm7vw]

My kids High School did the 23 and me DNA tests as part of their social studies class. I opted my children out! I divorced their father after finding out he was sleeping with women all over town, and was afraid of what the tests might reveal. As my ex apparently liked married women who wouldn’t complicate his life, I was worried that there could be a very real chance that they might have a sibling no one knew about in their own school! These tests can open a can of worms that destroys lives. Think twice before embarking on a journey you may regret!

[@mintybadger6905]

See, I’d want to make sure my kids knew who their siblings are before you get a Greek tragedy on your hands.

[@h.m.6122]

That’s pretty selfish. Your kids deserve to meet their siblings if they want to . They’ll just do it when they’re an adult anyway 😅

[@michelleduncan9965]

Well said msk.

[@rosemarymegan]

​@@h.m.6122 Let them wait and find out when they are grown up and be able to cope with it. The mother was not at fault and protected them.

[@marygoff3332]

​@@h.m.6122think about your statement. These were 15, 16 year old kids. They don't need their lives ruined in high school. When you are 29 or 35 or 42 years old, you are more stable and prepared far more than when in high school.

[@elizabethsellors9046]

What a lovely man and so forgiving

[@KellyTour-d9s]

I really hope the kids went to homes of good people but chances are some went to the worst ends being bought by peds.

[@Bungle-UK]

Ended up at the BBC.

[@bwenluck9812]

​@@Bungle-UK Get help!

[@michelleduncan9965]

That was my thought Kelly. Some of the kida were probaby sold to very evil people.

[@thedemonnemo]

​@@bwenluck9812from who? Jimmy Saville?

[@ravinhairgirl88]

Mom used as a cash cow for this guy the father of all these kids. What gets me is why this woman allowed herself to be abused by this man

[@brendaelainewaddell1682]

She was probably abused by that creep. 😢

[@e.k.4508]

It can take years or a lifetime to reach the point to stand up to an abuser. This woman stood up eventually. I hope she got a better life from that moment. What makes me more wondering is how Bob did not get traumatized. Wonderful soul!

[@pamarabenton9039]

He probably lied about the amount of money.

[@MsKenzo7]

Saying that she allowed herself it’s victimising her again. Please think the times this happened. Women had no much control over their life’s. Men ruled the homes and life for a woman was very different then.

[@IamPINKIEDaniels]

At a time when women couldn’t have their own bank account?

[@geofo60]

What an amazing story Bob, thanks for sharing and Happy Christmas to you and your extended family. There must be literally thousands of people across the World who have family members and don't know who or where they are. Not that your circumstances are connected but it reminds me of the tragic stories in relation to the Magdeline Laundries in Ireland.

[@janaslechtova5504]

What a horrific character, this Mike guy.

[@andeannafarnes4719]

He was just helping a lady out. 😢

[@reginafreel9574]

“My mother was a very vivacious woman” Yes she was! How nice to find out that this man is one of your siblings! Hoping all involved find great fulfillment in life!

[@quanitamarchesi9171]

😢poor man, poor sad siblings😢heartbreaking story.

[@lyndagabriel6539]

I feel like this is just scratching the surface,, and that there are other stories out there... as well as more depth to this one. I hope someone can do a full documentary and it will help others, too.

[@autumn5852]

There are loads of stories like this. It’s not an uncommon story. It has always been common and even more so now, especially amongst the so called celebrities who collect kids like handbags

[@FatcatandFriends]

I think it’s amazing that he sought out his father’s kids to find out what was good about him

[@kathyverrelli5170]

That rich guy was not his father after all. You could see in his face that he was relieved.

[@velapalim6281]

Sir you are amazingly positive and resilient. Bravo

[@MoralScienceEducation]

Fascinating story - thanks for sharing!🙏

[@A-Grammie-On-the-ROCK]

This gentleman seems so calm and stable ! God has helped him.

[@chelseagirl278]

Yes 🙌

[@anahitaghvanyan1152]

That father is monster in his soul. There is nothing good in him. I'm glad this man grew to be such gracious person. That father belongs in jail.

[@MikaMitenaLives]

I was Stolen from my family by The Government at 5 back in the 70’s. I can relate.

[@seraphim7512]

Oh no! How?!

[@MikaMitenaLives]

@ it’s actually pretty easy

[@seraphim7512]

@@MikaMitenaLives like protective services took you?

[@MikaMitenaLives]

@@seraphim7512 yes. Child Protective Services took me and refused to let me go home. They wanted to place me with a family with Money. That was all of it. Money!!!

[@light-for-life]

Your ability to seek the truth and accept the truth is inspiring. Thank you for blessing us with your story about your family.

[@kathleenmckenzie9500]

Great interview the guy had alot to say. So factual good bloke

[@tzarinaruths.2610]

How sad...some people do need to NOT be able to have any more babies! They hid the birth of how many babies? This shows how sick the baby trade was & still is. My opinion.

[@valor101arise]

I disagree. These people are given life. We all have pains and joys but life is critical.

[@rebeccabriggs2982]

This is one of the craziest dna ancestry stories I've heard. Talk about Skeletons in the Cupboard!

[@rachmondhoward2125]

How can such a gentle human come from a house of horrors?

[@PlatinumIrishrose]

It wasn't a house of horrors! It's his life. His mother's love and commitment to be the single parent that carried the family through life. ❤

[@autumn5852]

How did his head become so deformed?

[@ChalNjurshEp]

Nurture.

[@stephanie26160]

Thank you for sharing your story. Your father’s family-with an assumed more stable family life and minimally more financially advantaged chose false pride over sharing the love of a sibling. It is their loss. You were a gift to them that they were too ignorant to recognize. I’d never guess you started life in a difficult manner. And I’d never guess your age-70 plus. You seem so kind, well spoken. I wish you all the love the world has to offer you in your remaining years. Thanks again for sharing your story!

[@TRIChuckles]

We All have a story. Some are Hard. Others are not. Some are less so. But we all do have a story. So on that level I enjoyed hearing this story from you. And you seem to have had a good life. I'm glad for that.

[@rosepower-reade7729]

Bob, you are a lovely man! Thanks for sharing! Merry Christmas!

[@saad-t7k]

this is horrible. imagine you meet someone, fell in love with them, and you are siblings, and you do not know it.

[@jocosus3]

Bless Mr. Bryntwick. I wonder if he would ever consider writing an autobiography. Fascinating and heartbreaking at the same time. #MindBlown

[@cherylmockotr]

Yes, fascinating... and so tragic as well! What about Sharon's twin? Does anyone know if she was ever found? At the end he said they've most likely found all the siblings but he didn't mention her specifically.

[@a_h_cchannel6035]

He said he never found the other twin.

[@mrsnegrich]

Thank you Bob Bryntwick and Times Radio for sharing this on YT. Very fascinating story that seems to have fulfilled Mr. B`s yearning, not sure if it`s the right word but so good to have discovered some truth, some family and some great connections. Bravo. Enjoy your happy moments and continue to appreciate your dear mom who taught you well. It looks like you were very well loved by her. It was the reason you were there. She was happy to have you with her. I wouldn`t wanna judge her for her life decisions. Maybe she did what she could do best to keep the ones she had with her safe and healthy.

[@bikinggal1]

The good part of this story is that these children were given to families who wanted a child rather than the sex trafficking industry!

[@michelleduncan9965]

We DON'T KNOW THAT ABOUT ALL OF THEM ... THE TWIN WAS NEVER FOUND.

[@cute_canadian_redhead6747]

@@michelleduncan9965 probably because the other twin either 1. didn't know she was adopted or 2.has never done a DNA test to find biological family. Stop being a creep!

[@sophirichmanfletcher4657]

@bikinggal1 You don't know that! There are no guarantees, no family welfare visits, background checks... Adoptees commit suicide at a rate 4x higher than the general population....it's not because they found a wonderful home.

[@yesslaywhat]

Deeply grateful for your truth

[@msbee5183]

My mom had 11 kids. After my 1st brother was born, she became pregnant, and my father was not happy. (50s era). She gave my 2nd brother to a childless couple. She went on to have 9 more kids. When i was little, she'd ALWAYS tell me about my brother she gave away. Having so many of us, i thought she was off her rocker! My dad never stayed. She raised us all by herself. No welfare help. We went to catholic school, i went onto college, my brother in Army. We were never in the streets. We all married well. My point is she NEVER forgot her son. We were poor but all together. About 20 yrs ago, my 2nd brother found my mom. Mommie was soo happy! His life was weird. His parents were well off but treated him like the stinky kid in their home. Weird yeah but a MOTHER is never detached from a birth. This woman was on another level. God bless this man❤🎉

[@ChalNjurshEp]

I call mine Mommie , too 😊😊😊❤❤❤❤

[@msbee5183]

@ChalNjurshEp I'm soooo in love with you right now ❤️

[@wendyf8262]

What a kind soul for what he has been through. God bless you

[@pamelamays4186]

Back in the fifties the average yearly income was about 3,000 dollars.

[@azedel7151]

@ That’s for the US, not Canada.

[@eckosters]

What an amazing story and Mr Bryntwick is so gracious about his history! How admirable. What I totally don’t understand is why his mother continued to welcome this guy in her bed for so many years when clearly she meant nothing to him. People are strange…

[@tamar6758]

A French Canadian mini series called 'Le berceau des anges' shows how this baby trade worked in Quebec in the 1950s. From IMDB: "This series is freely inspired by real events. In the 1950s, more than a thousand babies were sold in a black market of newborns between New York and Montreal. Wealthy Americans were willing to pay up to $ 15,000 to buy a child. Private clinics in the metropolis "found" the children in question and even procured them false papers to legalize the adoption." As it turned out at the time, the forgery of paperwork was the crime, not the selling of the babies, and it took some years for the law in Quebec to be changed.

[@az55544]

I have 50% french canadian blood and loads of 2nd cousins on 23&me who are looking for parents. The cool thing is that it's fairly easy with the excellent records kept by the french. I easily go back to 1620 then France on many branches.

[@kellydalstok8900]

Was the Catholic church behind that?

[@kareneDallas]

Poverty is so devastating. People do things they might not otherwise do when they’re impoverished.

[@1212aoa]

Very sad and interesting story.

[@shawneevee7490]

As an adoptee, it’s appalling when people give their children away.

[@chrisnatmills7802]

who were the people who bought these babies?

[@melaniemansfield3319]

Epstein types. 🤫they not have survived.

[@aussiehillbilly]

Satanists and the infertile

[@brendamoon2660]

Clients of adoption lawyers who thought they were paying the cost of an above board adoption

[@simoansays4820]

Humans are disappointing.

[@marygoff3332]

Disappointing is too light of a word, some are horrific. 😢

[@sw.7519]

some

[@abrakadabrah3031]

My parents were designated as DP's in post war Germany. My mother's 1st born was a son... They told her he was a stillborn... But she swore for years... She heard him cry!!!!! She mourned his loss her entire life...though mostly inwardly. And I wonder if...he wasn't stolen from her for profit?!?! There was a frenzy to adopt children at that time...but mothers were never compensated monetarily.... Always wondering about my brother...

[@sharonritchie6365]

Quebec (McGill) had an MKUltra program. Seems like child trafficking was an important aspect of this. I wonder what all the sold baby stories are.

[@Nancy-nn2tc]

I would like know more about this black market for babies in Quebec. Life was hard in Quebec back then. The government was a Catholic dictatorship at the time with extreme ideas, so no birth control allowed. Who was buying these babies for such extraordinary sums, when the province was awash in babies?

[@darleneaguanno9430]

You are correct it went on for years. I have aunts and uncles I have never met.

[@c.d.meloney]

If you realize how rich the Catholic cult is and how deeply connected it is to wealthy people you would understand how the Catholic organization has been pedaling children for profit since its Inception. No birth control so connect the dots.

[@az55544]

I have so many 2nd cousins from Quebec who are on these sites searching for family. My Quebec blood goes back to 1620 so there's a lot of overlap and a lot of surrendered babies.

[@normakeeley5084]

Thank you for sharing.😊

[@maryfox1460]

You have a fascinating background. I have Three younger sisters and constant cousins. New babies always appeared. We were Boomer kids. You are a kind compassionate person. Good luck with your huge family.

[@WendyW7508]

I love this guys resiliance and 'matter of factness'. He has no shame. Thank goodness. He has some negative sentiment towards the men, but overall, he just shares it because it's astounding. It is that. Wonderful.

[@VeronicaPalozzi]

Every child from birth has the right to know who his/ her bio parents are! Mothers keeping this information should feel great shame for withholding! This weighs heavy not knowing!! It affects how one trusts the world around them…

[@sandymiller870]

It makes you wonder about his mother who gave away all those babies. Surely at some point she must said to herself, my kids have nothing and here comes the guy with the Cadillac again. The twins brought in $20,000! Pitiful.

[@PlatinumIrishrose]

There must have been something wrong with the way she felt about babies. Too much work? 😢

[@SazachaNancySktghaxeeahw-rp5gd]

I also met people in Saskatchewan- Moose Jaw and told me children were sold here as well. Moose Jaw is hailed as the ‘most notorious city in Canada’ based upon human trafficking illegal alcohol trade during late 1800s-1900s

[@dreyaleigh]

😳😳😳

[@eh1702]

It’s striking that he talks about “my siblings” as distinct from “his kids”, although they are all his offspring. I guess he assumed half sibling would know him.

[@animallover4955]

After joining ancestry I discovered my maternal grandmother had 8 kids to 5 different men. Basically she never kept any of them. Not sold but left.❤ I found my 2 1st cousins & a half uncle. I already knew a girl cousin that turned out to be my father’s daughter. There is another male child I’m expecting to find is my fathers also.

[@e.k.4508]

That's another crazy story! But I don't get the part of the female cousin who turned out to be your father's daughter. So your cousin is your (half)sister? And you have a suspected half brother? So your father went into the footsteps of your grandmother and had children with several women within the family?

[@animallover4955]

@ yes correct however, he stayed with the woman who had the girl child & later I discovered in my teens that she had given away 4 children - 1 adopted, 1 sold to a single woman, 1 from her marriage given to her cousin as well as the girl child I believed to be my cousin but has proven to be my half sister. Then that woman & my father had a son which they kept. While all this was going on I was taken from my mother by my father & placed in a home from aged 4 - 9 years. I returned to my father & it got worse from there. Shame & scandal in the family.

[@e.k.4508]

@@animallover4955 What a mess! I'm so sorry for you and your siblings you had to go through all of that. How are you doing now?

[@ChalNjurshEp]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@susiew2521]

That poor woman. At the whim of a man who is using her like that. The fact she was able to raise such an intelligent, stoical son in those circumstances is a remarkable testament to her character.

[@lulub9421]

23&Me might want to include a slogan of “Connecting Relatives at Your Own Risk” or “Surprise Your Family with You”. This man is amazing! He has reason not to be a gentleman, but he is and seemingly well adjusted and very kind ❤

[@rael.5967]

Man I have spent my entire adult life hemming and hawing over the idea of doing this. I was adopted under weird circumstances and have always wondered but honestly I'm a little afraid of what I will find but, I'm rounding 40 and the suspense is starting to get to me lol

[@LLBP.]

Gotcha. Tough call. All the best ❤

[@kathyverrelli5170]

@rael.5967 -- If anything, you can benefit from knowing your health issues. Many DNA companies allow you to know if someone matches you but you can choose to not be contacted. My mother told me very little about my birth father. I never met any of his immediate family. They are all deceased. I believe I still have 2 cousins. I got info on how they died either from obit or from coroner's office to fill in my medical history for my doctors. It felt good to be able to answer those questions on the new patient forms.

[@az55544]

I have a few french Canadian cousins who were adopted out in the 1960s. We connected on 23&me. French canadians have massive trees on family search the mormon site. Depending on your heritage, it could be fairly easy with a bit of triangulation, some youtube videos on ancestry sleuthing and an obsessive cousin. Do it!

[@margaretcampbell4828]

Wow ,this story is absolutely fascinating, its could be made into a movie..

[@_BO.]

‼In Afghanistan nowadays mothers have to choose: "Let all my children die because of hunger, or sell one of my kids to be able to feed the rest." Consider the childs trauma's, but also the mothers trauma and their heartbreak! 💔 💡I'm a firm believer of handing out contraception when giving food aid packages in countries like this and others. In refugeecamps too, how horrible it may sound to think about other things then food, water and medicine. We humans have to do everything in our power to protect our (unborn or born) children from harm. 🙁

[@jo-annewilkinson5663]

An amazing story 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤

[@sarahstrong7174]

Thankyou for generously sharing your story.

[@bayareacali]

I hope and pray that all the children when to good homes and were not harmed or sold and trafficked for money.

[@misodinamosa]

Horrifying. God bless you!😞❤️🙏🏻

[@sparkle6093]

My goodness his mother was a monster.

[@katie8325]

@@heikechilds2816don’t be so naive! This is a disgraceful thing to have done. You really think all of these kids went to loving parents?! They were likely sold as part of a PE d o ring!

[@asha4736]

She was a victim of his father and a deeply misogynistic era.

[@oogabooga6346]

So ... that man basically ran a human puppy farm. I wonder what brought that woman to subject herself to such situation.

[@ginavicari7]

Great interview

[@sunnyside2656]

Thank you for sharing your story ❤

[@chipcook5346]

Why do so many commentors seem to assume that having a sad, difficult childhood is an excuse for poor attitude and behavior as an adult and are surprised that this guy is so even keeled and appears to have done well?

[@chipcook5346]

So English, this "is there any support, any help" garbage. Again, the assumptions that people are not strong and just can't handle life. Thankfully, the Canadian guy said "it's totally not their problem." Sad what has happened to England.

[@HannaARTzink]

Bob is a great guy - strong, reasonable and compassionate. His mother was enslaved to poverty and abusive lover. The absence of government agencies was sad. The behavior of the Jewish side, the natural father's family is either merely hypocritical or small-minded calculated, perhaps they try to fend off imaginary inheritance struggles. I haven't heard a complex family history yet. Thank you for telling it.

[@thegatesofdawn...1386]

Why would the mother comply with this man?

[@kathyverrelli5170]

Blackmailing her?

[@stephenfisher3721]

How does any person become abused?

[@az55544]

She liked to party and he was her meal ticket. She would have been scorned bringing so many babies in, but men get a free pass in life.

[@melanytodd2929]

What an absolutely amazing gent❣️

[@naheedsultana9358]

I am just thinking about the other twin !

[@pattipwoman]

Wow. I cannot even imagine. There were 7 kids in my famnily and we were all surprises, but loved and cherished. This is amazing to me...horrible father.

[@Marsase]

Does anybody even realize how dangerous it is to give birth without a knowledgeable specialist?!?

[@TwisterTornado]

How do you think it was done, for thousands of years? Midwifery. When medical doctors took over from midwifery, they were NOT less dangerous, because the doctors also handled corpses and they did not understand germ theory, yet. The campaign against midwifery was PART OF the so-called "witch burnings". But it is the NATURAL WAY of most societies. Helping women to give birth is a Grandmother's role. This is what they used to do. To fix society, we need to train more post-menopausal women to be either OBGYN's, or midwives.

[@TwisterTornado]

However, I do see the problem of unlicensed birth assistants, in this case... Licensing and training still matter. I am not advocating for a return to an uneducated past.

[@joeythebushkangaroo1]

People had babies without so called "specialists", and managed to do so quite well, or we all would not be here now. Most people were born at home in the 1920s & 30s and before that too.

[@TwisterTornado]

@@joeythebushkangaroo1 No, those midwives were specialists. You just discount their knowledge, even though the church thought it was important enough to destroy everyone who knew how...

[@theoryofpersonality1420]

That wasn't illegal in many countries. It was called compensation for the birth mother to improve their station in life so they didn't have more children out of wedlock. That way they could care for their own children. They weren't being sold. They were being adopted out. Here in America it's illegal to exchange money for a child. A mother can stay in a maternity home here. She doesn't have to but it's a bonus. The maternity homes are mansions or like a castle. Her medical bills are paid, her education if she goes to college. Healthcare and dental care. Yet no money is to be exchanged.

[@raeannaruby8306]

This is fascinating

[@sunshineflyer]

What a difficult upbringing to overcome. I can’t believe he is over 70 - so much vibrancy given that difficult starting point.

[@riettedelport8532]

Dear God in highly heavens have mercy on this evil world. Protect our children Lord Amen

[@valor101arise]

This title is not accurate... it was the father selling... not the mom

[@secretwatcher9922]

I really hope this lovely man has made a happy & successful life for himself & is blessed with a wonderful close loving family of his own. I just hope that all of these other children were also blessed with happy lives, going through something like this is certainly hard enough for one life time.🙏🏻🕊️💙🙏🏻

[@greatwolf85]

Fascinating. Thank you for sharing.

[@RamonaRayTodosSantosBCS]

I have a good friend who was sold by her mom… she eventually met her biological mother. I miss my friend, she died several years ago. She forgave her mom.