Strangers No More in An Adopted Family – The New York Times

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Strangers No More in An Adopted Family

“Stranger Than Family” is Matthew Avignone’s take on growing up in a family of adopted children in a small Midwest town.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/07/strangers-no-more-in-an-adopted-family/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog

When the Avignone brood goes out, people rubberneck at the sight of the older white couple with five Korean and Indian children. For a while, it bothered Matthew Avignone that he did not have a “normal” family — but who among us does? In his case, his parents adopted five children — four with special needs – creating a family by choice, not chance.