“Welcomed By Our Daughter’s Birth Family” Sarah Barthel - June 18, 2016 - Living with Openness, Openness, Real Adoption Stories “Welcomed By Our Daughter’s Birth Family” Sarah Barthel - June 18, 2016 - Living with Openness, Openness, Real Adoption Stories I asked my family not to come to the hospital when she was born, then mourned their absence. Enter her birth relatives.