My wife was adopted when she was a child. Her adopted father went to the
court and said that he indeed loved her and was willing to pay the price to make
her a part of his family. My wife then became a complete part of this family.
She didn’t even know she was adopted until she was about 9 years old and she
heard her mother and grandmother talking about it. It still didn’t change the
fact that she was a part of the adopted family.