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Dear PAO,

I am 16 years old, and I just discovered that I have a brother who is an illegitimate child of my father. He is almost the same age as me. His mother recently died, and now my father wants to make up for the years he wasn't able to be a father to his illegitimate child. My father is convincing my mother to jointly adopt his illegitimate child to give him a chance of having a whole family. However, this is a lot to process. I cannot believe that after all these years of being an only legitimate child, I have a brother. This may sound selfish but if my parents proceed with the adoption, do I have any right to say no?

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