ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses Margareta and Gunnar son's life before and after adoption as well as their family situation. Ogar in Sweden gave the name Douglas, did not start his new life without a history, as many other adoptive children did. Margareta and Gunnar travelled to France to collect him from the orphanage when he was four years of age. It is painful to read about Douglas and imagine his life as a tiny baby and infant. It did not take long for Margareta and Gunnar to realize that Douglas was not like other children. It was hard to get a response from him. Thus, they began their rounds of clinics, hospitals, doctors, and other experts to have their son undergo various examinations. Douglas's parents described their son's great difficulties in communicating with other people. He did not know what to do, had no ability to play, and no interest in other children.
