Unraveling Bloodlines: How "Relative Strangers" Redefines Family and Belonging
Privilege is another, fascinating, theme of the anthology. Privilege is often associated with one’s socioeconomic status, but it also gives some a leg up when it comes to race, and, in the context of identity, knowing one’s genetic roots. Jackson writes, “And when everyone else is privileged to know what we don’t — the simple facts about our own existence — there’s often a consuming drive to fill in the missing pieces and attempt to reclaim our truth. Our birthright.”
Most people take for granted their genetic privilege. One of the stated purposes of the anthology is to encourage people to be more aware of it so they can more readily empathize with the community of adoptees, NPEs, and donor-conceived people. So that they stop scoffing at and asking insensitive questions of others who long to know their origins.
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