Abstract Despite growing trends in openness between birth and adoptive families, little is known about what happens when adopted children become parents and birth mothers become birth grandmothers. These new and unique relationships between birth mothers and their grandchildren were examined through intensive case study analyses of in-depth interviews with birth mothers who placed infants for adoption more than 25 years ago (N = 11). Findings revealed enjoyment in their role as grandmothers and emphasized the significant role the adult adoptee (parent) played in influencing communication with their grandchild and families’ incorporation of technology-mediated contact to overcome geographic barriers. Implications for practitioners, policy makers, and researchers are discussed.

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出生母亲现在是出生祖母：公开收养中的代际关系

摘要 尽管出生家庭和收养家庭之间的开放趋势越来越大，但人们对收养儿童成为父母和生母成为亲生祖母时会发生什么知之甚少。通过对 25 多年前收养婴儿（N = 11）的生母进行深入访谈的密集案例研究分析，研究了生母与其孙辈之间这些新的和独特的关系。调查结果揭示了他们作为祖母的乐趣，并强调了成年被收养者（父母）在影响与孙子的交流和家庭采用技术介导的联系以克服地理障碍方面发挥的重要作用。讨论了对从业者、政策制定者和研究人员的影响。