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Chosen, not born into a family — destiny rerouted by paperwork and love.
means A person who has been taken into a family as their own through legal adoption, becoming a lawful and lasting member of it.
from From the verb "adopt," which traces back through French to the Latin "adoptare" — "ad-" (to, toward) plus "optare" (to choose, to wish for), the same "optare" behind "option" and "opt." So at its Latin heart, an adoptee is literally one who has been "chosen toward." The "-ee" suffix, borrowed from French past participles, marks the receiver of an action — as in "employee" or "trustee" — so the word's very shape says: the one to whom choosing is done.
- famous ranks
- Steve Jobs, Nelson Mandela, and Marilyn Monroe were adoptees
- DNA era
- Cheap genetic tests now crack sealed-record mysteries open
- birthday duality
- Many celebrate both birth and adoption anniversaries
- primal wound
- Early separation leaves quiet lifelong psychological marks
- legal rebirth
- Adoption issues an entirely new birth certificate
steve jobs — co-founder of apple, adopted by paul and clara jobs in 1955
oprah winfrey — media mogul adopted by grandmother hattie mae lee in mississippi
jamie foxx — actor and musician adopted by grandmother annellanease love in texas
tom brady — nfl quarterback adopted by thomas sr. and galley brady in california