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Supportive Adoptive Family as Adoptee Searches

Supportive Adoptive Family as Adoptee Searches

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The following plane represents Dan at the time of writing, an adoptee who is currently searching for his birth family. The relationship with the adoptive family is good and they are supportive of the adoptee searching.

As you can see, the birth family is a question mark since they are unknown. The adoptee is moving towards the birth family, however, they are also moving toward the adoptive family and them toward the adoptee. Note also, the connecting line between the adoptee and the adoptive family has grown shorter to represent the closeness and support.

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