As a "mammal" who did take in another woman's child through adoption, with no hesitation and no sense of it being a "Plan B," I find your comment puzzling and disturbing. My daughter's adoption has been both an open fact and also a non-issue insofar as our love and commitment to each other as family. She is my daughter, plain and simple. You may be unable to imagine loving a child that doesn't share your genes, but don't project that onto others. I'm not special either; loving my daughter has been a joy and a privilege, and I have literally never missed having a genetic connection to her.

As a "mammal" who did take in another woman's child through adoption, with no hesitation and no sense of it being a "Plan B," I find your comment puzzling and disturbing. My daughter's adoption has been both an open fact and also a non-issue insofar as our love and commitment to each other as family. She is my daughter, plain and simple. You may be unable to imagine loving a child that doesn't share your genes, but don't project that onto others. I'm not special either; loving my daughter has been a joy and a privilege, and I have literally never missed having a genetic connection to her.

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