Most people inherit their beginning as a story that's repeated to them. “You have your mother's eyes.” “You laugh just like your dad.” “You get that from your grandmother.” For an adoptee, some of those seemingly ordinary connections can be complicated. Sometimes there's a blank space where the explanation should be. And blank spaces create questions. Who Do I Look Like? It's such a simple question. Until you don't know. Physical resemblance is something many people barely no

An adult adoptee reflects on adoption, identity, belonging and discovering that adoption may be part of your story without defining all of who you are.