[GCS]

People ask all the time if our two adopted children are siblings. Right now I still say "no, they are not biologically related" since that is really what they are asking me.

But Sam is getting older now and I am getting more uncomfortable with this line of questioning. So I am starting to say "of course". Meaning of course they are siblings, they are both our children, and not addressing the biological aspect of it.

I know in our case they are just looking to be more educated on Russian adoption so I hesitate to not encourage them learning more. But really, at some point, why do you need this info?

When Sophia went in to have her ear tubes surgery, her teacher at day care asked me if Sam had the same problem at her age. I answered that I didnt think so. She looked at me strangely and then I said "well, we didn't adopt him until he was 3 so I don't know, but I can't imagine he would get that level of care at the orphanage." She had just forgotten that they were adopted and that they weren't bio-siblings. I guess that's kind of nice!

Christina