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For Steve Jobs's Biological Father, the Reunion Never Came

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Re: For Steve Jobs's Biological Father, the Reunion Never Came

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That's very interesting and sad. Poignant, there are a lot of rock stars and similarly driven people who seem to be striving against feelings of rejection from their parents. Not that adopted people have really been rejected, in my inexperienced analysis, but I've known a few who feel that way.

Another major immigration success story, too! From the Middle East no less.

Re: For Steve Jobs's Biological Father, the Reunion Never Came

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 :-/

There's a chance that we'll learn more about it in Walter Isaacson's upcoming biography where he had Jobs' cooperation.

Re: For Steve Jobs's Biological Father, the Reunion Never Came

#25
Sorry, I'm a cinic, but I bet most people would "regret" such an opportunity with hindsight... M: "I'm pregnant." F: "I'm getting the hell out of Dodge!" M: "I have it on authority that this baby is gonna be a multi-billionaire." F: "Well, I guess I might stick around after all."

Re: For Steve Jobs's Biological Father, the Reunion Never Came

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This article doesn't go into the reasons for which Steve Jobs was given up for adoption. His biological father reportedly said, "I honestly do not know, to this day, if Steve is aware of the fact that had it been my choice, I would have loved to keep him." Steve Jobs is claimed by Syrians as his own, and there are suggestions that the father of his mother forced him to be adopted out of Islamophobia or anti-Semitism.

Re: For Steve Jobs's Biological Father, the Reunion Never Came

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Well, Jobs' children are still alive. I can't believe they too would be so mad at their grandfather that they wouldn't want to meet him. He should wait till things calm down and then knock on a door in Cupertino.

It takes more than blood to make a grandfather.

Re: For Steve Jobs's Biological Father, the Reunion Never Came

#28

Well, Jobs' children are still alive. I can't believe they too would be so mad at their grandfather that they wouldn't want to meet him. He should wait till things calm down and then knock on a door in Cupertino.

It takes more than blood to make a grandfather.

One point Jobs' father made was that he was surprised Steve didn't contact him to find out information about his family's medical history. I was adopted, too. I never had any inclination to track down my birth parents (not out of anger or anything, it's just something that's never interested me). Now that I have a flock of kids, however, my wife and adoptive mother are pushing me to track them down so I can learn about my bloodline's medical history.

Re: For Steve Jobs's Biological Father, the Reunion Never Came

#29

Well, Jobs' children are still alive. I can't believe they too would be so mad at their grandfather that they wouldn't want to meet him. He should wait till things calm down and then knock on a door in Cupertino.

It takes more than blood to make a grandfather.

Sure, ok, I guess if they want to hate/ignore him for eternity that's their right. But he seems like an old man with some remorse and a broken heart. Maybe he's actually a villain who really wronged their biological grandmother -- who knows. But total estrangement seems extreme.

Anyway, if I were him I'd make the trek to Cupertino.

Re: For Steve Jobs's Biological Father, the Reunion Never Came

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This article doesn't go into the reasons for which Steve Jobs was given up for adoption. His biological father reportedly said, "I honestly do not know, to this day, if Steve is aware of the fact that had it been my choice, I would have loved to keep him." Steve Jobs is claimed by Syrians as his own, and there are suggestions that the father of his mother forced him to be adopted out of Islamophobia or anti-Semitism.

Islamophobia OR anti-Semitism? I do not understand...
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