Many adoptive parents find that people sometimes ask if their children are “real” siblings . The answer is, of course, yes.
In honor of National Adoption Month, we asked the HuffPost Parents Facebook community to share photos of their adopted children that show the sibling bond is about love, not DNA.
Here are 43 beautiful, love-filled photos.
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Courtesy of Cindi Parish Spragg
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Courtesy of Angeline Sim
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Courtesy of Christina Woodbury
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Courtesy of Jennifer Hammonds Fischer
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Courtesy of Courtney Maria
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Courtesy of Lucinda Fritzal
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Courtesy of Connie Shelton Lancaster
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Courtesy of Angie Kurl
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Courtesy of Hannah Seibert Hunt
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Courtesy of Ross Molly Weaver
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Courtesy of Michele Gill McKenna
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Courtesy of Jaime Lownsbery-Bondy
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Courtesy of Kristen Stapp White
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Courtesy of Alicia Marie Vanwhy
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Courtesy of Rebecca Akers
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Courtesy of Nicole Wise Francis
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Courtesy of Abby Massey
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Courtesy of Sierra Blackbear
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Courtesy of Elizabeth Jones Curington
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Courtesy of Jennifer Miller
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Courtesy of Sarah Fennessy
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Courtesy of Heather Young Carvell
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Courtesy of Stacey Teague
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Courtesy of Keri Cockrell Zendejas
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Courtesy of Megan Getz Bohensky
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Courtesy of Sheila-Marie Untiedt
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Courtesy of Katelyn Fearon
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Courtesy of Sherry Carruth
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Courtesy of Alberts Fam
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Courtesy of Laura Hall
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Courtesy of Kelly Liddekee
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Courtesy of Julia McEachen-Armbruster
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Courtesy of Emily Clough
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Courtesy of Kate Maples Minor
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Courtesy of Caitlin Allana Dussan
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Courtesy of Emily Nazario-Brindamour
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Courtesy of Sarah Collins
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Courtesy of Cassandra English
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Courtesy of Missy Griffiths
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Courtesy of Deborah Rountree
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Courtesy of Christine M. Matthews
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Courtesy of Pauline Sue Smith
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Courtesy of Lynn Evangelista Quinn