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By basing ourselves on the clinical analysis of pre-adoption interviews, we propose to reflect upon the circulation of affect and its outcome. The clinical encounter with Mrs R. quite neatly demonstrates how the affect of shame, transported by inheritance, haunts the bond of filiation unbeknownst to the subject and organises the transfero/contre-transferentiel relationship. The means by which affect is passed from one individual to another are analysed to reveal the failure of symbolization work which condemns it to wander in search of a psychic port. In this context, we show how narration work and “the free realization of genealogical tree” by creating a space of inscription and by proposing a base for testimony, can make it possible to identify the role of “keeper of the secret” which is allocated to affect.