36 Things Only Adopted People Understand

According to a 2022 survey, about 5 million Americans have been adopted, and between 2% and 4% of Americans have adopted a child. This includes adopting children from another nation, adopting American children whose parents can’t take care of them, and children who are taken in by a relative or stepparent. But regardless of how a child ends up in the care of people who aren’t their biological parents, their family and their experiences are still valid.