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We have done ( are doing) kinship with 2 different family members. 1 we adopted, the other 2 we have full legal custody of. But wish we would have just done the whole foster placement, adoption route with them also.

It sounds like everything is better now, but I just wanted to mention that by doing kinship and adopting, we have lost contact with almost all of my side of the family. Almost all of them are drug addicts , and I refuse contact with them anymore other then letters to a email address. This has come after years of verbal abuse to us for taking the kids in.