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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, this is the Asian adoptee from above. How often is your child being asked by other kids if she is adopted?  I have several children, one of whom is also adopted (the others are mixed Asian-white as my husband is white). None of them has ever been asked by other kids if they were adopted.  While people say my bio children look completely like their father and nothing like me, it's very obvious that my adopted child is 100% Asian and totally genetically unrelated to her father, but no child has ever asked her if she is adopted and only one adult has asked her dad about adoption (no one has ever mentioned it to me either, but that's more understandable).  She's also elementary school-aged and has been in daycare as well so has been around a lot of other kids.

Do you live in a less diverse part of the DC area?[/quote]

My daughter is Asian & Cacasian mix but looks more Asian. But we never had anyone, adult or child, being rude or asking if she was adopted. Based on what I have personally witnessed, I think OP's experience is the exception rather than the rule. Overall, people are courteous and are used to "blended" families in this area. It's a non-issue in my opinion.

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Just because it's not your experience doesn't mean it's a nonissue, it just means you've been lucky.  It happens to my friend and her daughter ALL the time.  Be grateful this isn't your experience, but don't be dismissive of OP's experience.  There is no way for you to know her experience is the exception.[/quote]

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