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  Key words in the adoption community
  Transracial adoptee, international adoptee, and more
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  Adoptee
  The person who was adopted. Some people use “adoptee” as a way of identifying.
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  Adopted
  This can be used to describe the person who was adopted. It emphasizes the action of adoption. Some people also use it as an identifier.
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  Transracial adoptee
  A person who was adopted into a family that identifies as a different race than themselves.
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  International adoptee
  A person who was adopted into a country different from the one where they were born. Someone can be a transracial adoptee, an international adoptee, both, or neither.
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  Transcontinental adoptee
  A person who was adopted into a different continent than the one where they were born.
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  Person-first vs. identity-first language
  Person-first: Téa, who is a transracial adoptee, was born in China.
  Identity-first: Transracial adoptee Téa was born in China.