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Among my in-laws, there's a son that is the result of impregnating another woman. As a teen he spent time crying outside his father's door pleading "please acknowledge me, I'm your son". His wife plainly gave the ultimatum: Him or me. He buckled to the ultimatum. When my wife and I were in South America, I crossed the French border to meet her aunt. My wife had no interest in going with me. A family provocateur in the Brazilian side of their family put me up to it. I was asked my most to them on the Brazilian side why I wanted to visit such trashy people. When I got to Cayenne, I was received with a big barbecue and was treated with total courtesy. I was told the out of wedlock child went to stay with the French side of the family rather than be totally rejected. My position is that I would be happy to get to know him. I was told that such a thing would just result in me being taken advantage of. I wonder if he would have grown up to be a better person if not treated better by his father.