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I am new to adoption.com but wanted to share a sweet story that happened last night. I am caucasian, fair skin, fair hair, my DH is mostly portuguese, darker skin dark brown hair, our two bio boys are both fair but our adopted daughters are half latino, so they are darker, especially our youngest, I have never though she looks at all like me, but she does look a bit like DH. When we are all out together people will comment on how our boys look like their mom (me) and our girls look like their dad (DH). This really does not bother me, I knew that our girls would never look like me when we first decided to adopt, and I usually don't even think about it. Last night we (DH, DDs and youngest DS) were shopping and the cashier looked at my youngest DD and then looked at me and back and said to my DD "You sure have your mother's eyes!" I was so surprised I just started to grin and said thank you, but the best part was my DD (who is almost 7) looked at me with the biggest "knowing" smile and gave me a very happy high five! She is old enough to understand that she and I will not look alike, and we have even talked about how she looks a lot like her birth grandma but she was so tickled to know that a complete stranger thought we had the same eyes. It was a sweet moment to share with my DD. The joys of adoption are worth the heart aches!