Having never given up a child for adoption nor being adopted myself I certainly cannot agree or disagree with you categorically. However my contact with those how have been involved in such things has shown me that interest and involvement varies greatly depending on the people and what experiences they had.
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Considering he gave him up for adoption not sure why he would want to meet with him once he grew up. He is no more relevant than a stranger wanting to meet Jobs. And calling him his child is an insult to the parents that raised Steve Jobs.
Hope quoting a deleted message isn't against the rules, I didn't post the username as it appears they regret something about the post and deleted as is their right.
and for what its worth, Jobs did hire a personal investigator in the 80s to find his mother. That is how him and his sister originally met, if memory serves. It is most likely a personal matter that made him not want to contact his father.
It's odd though since the article seems to read as if Steve's mother was pressured to abandon him by her father but Steve's biological father didn't have a say in it.
Only later after the divorce they described Mr. Jandali as distant but that's no surprise after a divorce.
Yeah there's definitely more to the story, and many sides of it... but I guess all that is ancient history and Jobs took it to its grave. No use in them arguing about it after he's gone. Real life doesn't wrap up like in the movies :-/
The article also says that his father abandoned his other children. Give Jobs' friendship with his sister and mother, I can see how that would make him not want to have a relationship.
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Considering he gave him up for adoption not sure why he would want to meet with him once he grew up. He is no more relevant than a stranger wanting to meet Jobs. And calling him his child is an insult to the parents that raised Steve Jobs.
Hope quoting a deleted message isn't against the rules, I didn't post the username as it appears they regret something about the post and deleted as is their right.