This is an excellent question. I was also the only adopted child in my immediate family although I had two cousins who were also adopted (1 transracially, but both were domestic adoptions and whose family lived far away in a large multicultural city). I have an older brother and sister (10 and 6 years my senior respectively). I [...]
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June 9, 2008
Question #2: JoLynn
Thanks for reading the Parents’ Corner. I do believe it might have been easier if I did have a sibling from the same cultural background for obvious reasons, but it also would have been nice to have a sibling closer in age. I think for myself…I would have loved to have a sibling just a [...]
June 3, 2008
Question 2:
Our second question comes to us from Kim:
I just came across your site and I think the Parents Corner idea is brilliant. I want to thank you for creating this and putting yourself out there for the benefit of our adopted children.
I noticed that two of you stated that you were the only adopted child [...]