Giving Away Children

On my way to the airport I had a very interesting conversation with the cab driver, who moved to Calgary 6 years ago from Ontario, and previously from Somalia.

He spoke about how his mother's brothers wife could not have children, so his mom "gave" him to her brother and his wife to raise him as their child. This also happened to one of his sisters, who went with another aunt and uncle of his. Supposedly this is very common practise. When either a married brother or sister cannot have children, they then ask their sibling to have one of theirs to raise as their own.

No legal papers....just by conversation.....and this can happen at any age of the child.

I'm thinking "wow"....what a great way to get rid of your bad apple!