Awkward Quote by Jodi Picoult

“Here's what I hadn't realized : the mother you haven't seen for almost 36 years isn't your mother. She is a stranger. Sharing DNA…

— Jodi Picoult

If you share a common ancestor with somebody, you're related to them. It doesn't mean that you're going to invite them to the family…

— Henry Louis Gates

My adoptive mother always wanted to meet my biological mother.

— Saroo Brierley

If you share a common ancestor with somebody, you're related to them. It doesn't mean that you're going to invite them to the family…

— Henry Louis Gates

“Reunion with the mother is a siren call haunting our imagination. Once there was bliss, and now there is struggle. Dim memories of life…

— Camille Paglia

“I’d had this idea that my birth mother was waiting for me to get in touch, and that we’d have this fantastic reunion. When…

— Adele Abbott

I was raised by strong women, and that DNA is in my daughter and wife.

— Dwayne Johnson

The sweetest thing I could say about my mother and father is that if I had the choice, I would have picked them. But…

— Andrew Vachss

My mum and dad weren't together when I was born. When I was a teenager, dad brought this girl round: here's your sister. She…

— Kano

“Adoption. A realized fantasy of your parents not really being your parents. Your genes could thrust one arm in the air and pump up…

— Lorrie Moore

With adoption, there is a whole range of experiences, and a lot of it goes under the radar. There is too much icky stuff…

— Lesley Sharp

If I'm his 'twin,' we do not have the same mother.

— Rene Preval