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[quote=Anonymous]Op, it depends on the child and person. Reality is it is much easier to be Christian than Jewish in our country.  It's far more accepted.  It's not unreasonable that kids gravitate toward their birth religion.  I am Jewish and not practicing.  I will tell you we got calls where the birth mom was clear she wanted a Christian home for her child.  That was not us.  Our child is biologically Jewish from her maternal line.  We did not plan it but it we found out much later in the adoption from a grandparent who we are close to. It's possible to get a Jewish child but very rare.  You have to be open to the fact that if you do a transracial adoption the child may be more comfortable with their biological roots and it's important to expose them to both.   Some kids who are adopted do not care.  I cannot see ours caring but others I know have very strong identifications with either their birth or adopted families.  Our adoption is very open and we consider her birth family on the maternal side our relatives whom we get along with very well so for us it's very hard to differiante nature vs nurture as we are very similar.  You know it will be a struggle depending on the child, so the better question is are you ok with that and what is your plan to deal with it.   [/quote]

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