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Our children all have other siblings. We are honest with people when the children bring them up. If they say something like, "I remember when my big sister and I did such-and-such", I just acknowledge that that is a nice memory or whatever. When sibling visits have been at our home and we had plans to do something at church or at the community center, the siblings come with us. They are introduced as so-and-so's sister or brother. People who know us know that our children are adopted. It only seems natural to me that children have other siblings. The only question people really ask is why the children aren't together. I answer that it wasn't possible at the time of placement.
With the vast difference in family situations now a days, it's very common for siblings to be living with different parents, half-siblings.
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