"There are a lot of blended families that bring together different sorts of kids and do just fine," Pertman said. "They bring their own challenges and sometimes there are issues and sometimes not, but there's nothing particularly special about adoption in this respect. It just has its own particular dynamic."
"Are there complexities and differences? Of course there are," Pertman said. "The complexities are inherent — one sibling looks like you and another does not."
"But it's not good or bad," he added. "It's just true."
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