When children don’t “match”

In my area adoption is quite common. We joke that you never know what parent belongs to what child. There are biracial couples with birth children that may not “match” one parent or look like either of them. There are the adoptive parents who may be an opposite or same sex couple… so really, you just never know. That is actually a great feeling for me.

I know as an AA, African American, woman my older relatives had some concern, it seemed the newer generations were getting lighter. I think it’s just a testament to the great job the older relatives did in raising us. They raised us to believe we could interact with all people, living and working where we please. As a result, the dating pool got a lot larger and the new children reflect that.

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