8th January 2006, 9:55 PM
Quote:Why do some people seek out lost relatives they have never met? I think it's a mistake. What do they expect to find? The idea of seeking out friends is all well and good, but using the pretext of genetic data rather than just being honest about it seems a little false, plus it isn't very efficient. The only reason I can think of is to find out any medical information that may be genetic.
The idea is that in my story Kara has no family [that she knows of] aside from the man that raised. Through the course of the story she meets up with Aaron and it's some time later that she finds out who he really is. There's no seeking out, except her trying to find out about her parents. But under the circumstances, I don't think it's unreasonable.
Quote:And just so you know, I have a single "long lost relative" that's pretty close to me on the ol' tree there, but I don't really care about this person. I have no emotional connection, and as such I do not "miss" that person. Logically, to seek that person out would be a wasted effort, so I don't.
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Sometimes you get the scorpion.