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Struggles of an adoptee: Loss

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A loss to an adoptee Let me paint a picture in your mind: Imagine being in elementary school, let's say 2nd grade. Your teacher gives you an assignment which to many seems like a very innocent class assignment. But, to an adoptee, it's such a hard assignment. You have to add photos of your family, all the way up to your great-great-grandparents. You add in any information that you know about them, the year they were born, the year they died, and if they had any medical problems. You're supposed to put a baby picture of yourself, which to many they're able to do, they have the information about when they were born, the time, and the picture of them as a newborn. But for an adoptee, that's something they'll probably never going to have.  That's one of the most significant losses that I as an adoptee will face. Depending on when you were adopted and where you were adopted from the information before you were adopted, is completely unknown. I, Cosette, have litt