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"Please help me find my Mom!"

7/13/2012

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If you found a lost child who said "Please help me find my Mom" I am sure that you would wait with that child until her mother was found. 
You wouldn't walk on by! 
Sadly, there are thousands of children all over the world in this exact position. They can't find their mothers and the world is walking on by. 
I am talking about all the little boys and girls who were adopted from Ireland. They are adults now but they are still looking for their mothers. 
In their thousands they write to convents and government agencies in Ireland every year. 
In their thousands, they are refused access to their records. 
In their thousands, they are refused any information about the women who gave them life. 
On the other side, there are mothers, some in their 80's now, who are still searching for their babies. 
They live every day with the knowledge that they may die without ever finding their babies. Many have already died.
Please don't walk on by! 

15 Comments
Marie-Thérèse O’Loughlin. link
7/14/2012 08:16:26 am

Martine - I tried to sign this very vital petition, however, it was impossible, as I don't have a FB account. This sort of thing touches a deep chord in me. I came home to Ireland from London - in the late seventies - in search of my mother's grave. I'd been told by the religious, as a child in Goldenbridge industrial *school*, that she was DEAD. It turned out not to be the truth. I believe countless children were told similar stories about their mothers. It's heart-rending.

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Rob Northall link
7/17/2012 07:56:51 am

Try http://bit.ly/mZK2a7

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Martine Brennan link
7/17/2012 02:58:45 pm

I have tested the link from my side Rob and it seems to be working. Did you have a problem with it?
Martine

Martine Brennan link
7/17/2012 02:56:29 pm

Marie-Therese, There are no words I can say only that my heart goes out to you... I hope that this petition will help to bring about a change.
Martine

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Mari Steed link
7/17/2012 05:36:57 pm

As always, beautifully said, Martine. Thank you.

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Martine Brennan link
7/18/2012 04:14:31 am

Thank you Mari, I only wish my words translated into more signatures on the petition.... Martine

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Dermot Tackaberry
7/18/2012 05:03:55 am

Signed. Plus 1 to list. Who's next??

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Martine Brennan link
7/18/2012 06:33:31 am

Thank you Dermot. Martine

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Fiona link
7/19/2012 06:54:46 am

Have twittered it out to my 18k followers ... that might help too :)

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Martine Brennan link
7/19/2012 01:00:26 pm

Thank you so much Fiona. 18k followers is awe-inspiring! Martine

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Fiona link
7/19/2012 04:23:40 pm

yvw :)

Michael Brennan link
7/22/2012 02:01:54 am

Martine
Have signed the petition. You will have to go on Joe Duffy

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Martine Brennan link
7/22/2012 02:26:43 am

Many thanks Michael. The petition is creeping up to 1k signatures now but every signature counts. I learned recently that one man who was dying, came home to Ireland, only to be refused access to his birth records. When all his efforts failed, he asked to be buried at the home where he was born. His mother found his grave a year later... This needless suffering cannot be allowed to continue.

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A Strachan
7/24/2012 06:51:42 am

Sincerely hope that your petition is successful. Everybody should have the right to know where they come from.

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Martine Brennan link
7/25/2012 02:27:03 am

It feels that simple to me too A. Thank you for signing. Martine

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