Who's Your Daddy?

[joreth]

I'm reading a book right now and there's a recurring theme that's pissing me off. The reason it's pissing me off is because I see this same theme in society around me, and it happens to be an extremely personal issue. The issue is adoption

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[leora]

That is horrible. I try not to make distinctions or play favorites between my nieces and nephews. Some of them are related genetically and some aren't, but they are all my nieces and nephews (except my great-niece and great-nephew who are a great-niece and a great-nephew). I mean, I kinda sorta do have preferences sometimes, but it's more about which ones I have more in common with or am currently getting along with better, because they are different people. And I try not to make that too obvious, but it is a different matter anyhow. And I'm not actually sure I have much in the way of preferences currently. It helps now that they've gotten older. I used to have preferences for the older ones, just because they were more developed.

The children raised by my siblings are part of my extended family. The details of how those families formed isn't as significant as that those families formed.

I think this meme is weakening a little though. The frequency of step-families without portraying any step-family members as evil helps. My nieces and nephew not through blood are through marriage. I think that's pretty common. As more people get the experience of non-blood relatives somewhere in their family, whether through marriage or adoption, it helps them realize that that is just as meaningful.