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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We did this: bio child and then different race (internationally adopted) child.

We love both kids equally--  and so does the extended family.  ZERO preference is given to one child over the other except for one person in the family may "bond" more than one or the other over a shared interest or such.   In different phases one or other of them have been easier to relate to or easier to be around or easier to raise-- but it changes as they go through different stages of development and growth.

Our adopted child could not look more different from us or BE more different from us in many ways (natural abilities, base personality)........ and it is AWESOME!!!!  It's so great to be exposed to new things and such through our adopted child's birth heritage/different interests/different talents.

There were phases when there was a lot of questions and we still get the occasional awkward moment where someone is "confused" that our DC is really "ours"..... but we take it all in stride and joke that you can tell DC is not our bio child because they have XXXX talents which definitely did not come from our gene pools :-)

Bio child and adopted child are fairly close in age and are VERY close and have been "best friends" almost from the first time they met.[/quote]

This is so great to hear!! You haven't been too concerned about your adopted child feeling too different (from you all)? Can I ask where you adopted and what the age difference is?[/quote]

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