Orthodox Jew. Adoption within the family is acceptable but stranger adoption is not. Really never understood the reasoning but it is what it was. I would have had to convert to Judaism (not Orthodox, fortunately) but that was not an issue to me.
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Army/embassy brat - traveled too much to mention
Moved here from SF Bay Area (East Bay)
"There are only two ways to live your life: One is as though nothing is a miracle; the other is as though everything is a miracle." Albert Einstein
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