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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd go with the in-country guardians. [/quote]

'Cause they be American.  YE-HAW![/quote]

No, because the child shares their nationality and dominant culture. [/quote]

Er, not necessarily. Nationality yes, dominant culture -- well, in my experience, Southern Baptists are a completely different culture from Northeast Jews. American culture is filtered through many lenses and I have often felt I had more in common with Jewish friends from other countries (Britain, Australia), than deeply Christian friends from the US.

If you want her to grow up with a sense of being Jewish, I'd go with the Jewish relatives. I don't know that I'd worry about people "judging" based on her race, they will do that anyway. I mean, no one walks down the street and looks at me and thinks, "hey, there's a Jew" -- they think, "hey, there's a white chick." And then after they get to know me maybe they consider the Jewishness.

And I have known a number of black American Jews, all either adopted or part of a mixed-race family. It is unusual but not as unusual as it used to be.

Of course, hopefully none of this will ever be necessary, but it's a good thing to think about.[/quote]

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