Thanks to submitting my DNA to Ancestry.com I have learned recently that I am the father of twin girls as well as a boy from another woman (all adults now). I've been in contact with one of the twins, both of whom are happily married with families of their own. I am not in contact with the boy (now a man).
Back then there were no abortions that I was ever aware of. Girls went away, had the child and gave it up for adoption. Some remained at home and raised the child sans the father. My twin daughters were raised by their mother, while my son was adopted. Actually, having an abortion was unthinkable in the region where I lived which was quite conservative at the time.
My daughter was delighted to learn that she had a 'sister'. When my granddaughter saw picture of one of the twins she exclaimed, "Mom, she looks just like you."
I'm beginning to feel like Clint Eastwood.