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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/swappedkids on 2023-09-16 20:12:57.

Our family has an interesting story. My bio-mother’s side and bio-father’s side have 2 marriages between the families. One of them is our bio-parents and one of them is between my bio mom’s brother(55) and my bio dad’s sister(54). My bio mom Linda and bio dad Chris actually have met in my uncle’s and aunt’s engagement dinner when both of them were 16.

Linda and Chris are still complete wrecks. My bio dad was the troubled one of the family whom would have problems with school or the work and my bio-mom has addiction issues since she is 14.

When they have met and started to have a relationship ,both sides of the family tried to break them up,they even sent them to different countries but they stole 50k USD from their families,managed to come together and ran away when they were 19. They got married in a 3rd world country and they had me(25M) and my twin brother when they were 21 years old. They thought we were deadweights so they left us in the hospital and went into another country. Luckily they have checked into the hospital with their passports so the hospital have reached into the embassy ,than they found my grandparents and they brought us back home and we have been raised by our uncle and aunt since(we call them mom and dad). My parents were charged with child abandonment but after 10 years of being MIA,the charges were dropped and our families also didn’t try to look for them.

2 years ago,they showed up at my dad’s parents house in a completely renovated look. Turns out they have finished their education,had stable jobs in the country,started to get mental health treatments and they were sober for 9 years and they have basically put themselves together.At first 6 months,they have only seen their parents in public places,than they were accepted into the houses. A year later,they have met with us when we were 24. Me and my twin brother started to have a relationship with them and we are somewhat cordial right now.

Last week,our abandonment topic was opened and Linda told it was the hardest choice they have made. I started to laugh uncontrollably after that and when they asked told them they had multiple choices to come back and they didn’t and our families were right not to trust them and they would always have the eyes on them and they should accept this at this stage. My mom started to cry and they left shortly. All of the family except my brother think I am being too cruel and I should apologize but I think they had to hear the unfiltered truth. AITA?