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[quote=Anonymous]Adoptive parent here.  People say "real" mother/father ALL the time to me about my kids in reference to the biological parents and not US!!!  It is VERY insulting to me and my young children.  I view it as my duty to correct it every single time.  In terms of family trees: when I was growing up, we had a school assignment to do one and trace our family roots back to the country of origin since, according to the teacher, we are all immigrants.  Well, in my case, as an AA, it was not immigration that got my family here.  We are from somewhere on the continent of Africa - trying to identify the country in Africa is pure speculation.  It was a horrible assignment and a horrible set-up of the assignment.  anyway, my own adopted kids who do not look anything like me have never received a family tree assignment.  I have no idea what the teachers think they know about us - some may think adoption, some may think they are mine from a prior relationship, etc.  If it comes up naturally in conversation, I/we are open about it and my kids know they are adopted.  But I do not expect teachers to ask me questions about my children's backgrounds that they would not ask of every other parent unless there is some connection to something that is happening at school.[/quote]

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