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Documentary · 2021 · Directed by Amanda Lipitz. Featuring Chloe, Sadie and Lily, with researcher Liu Hao. Netflix

Three cousins. One DNA test. A whole lot of questions about home 🧬

Who it's for

Seeing three adoptees hold such different feelings about the same question, from eager to search to firmly 'I'm American', shows young adoptees that there is no single right way to feel.

Curious but unsettled about origins→Connected and less alone

Feelings it meets

What it is

Three American teenagers adopted as babies from China discover through a DNA test that they are cousins. Over months of video chats they talk about identity, college plans, racism at school and how they feel about their Chinese heritage, each wanting something different from a search for birth family.

Where to find it

Netflix. Availability can change; check JustWatch.

Before you start

Heads up: Child abandonment and orphanages discussed.

Age: PG; suggested 10+

Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about?L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, Chapter II. Matthew Cuthbert Is Surprised

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