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Adoption Circle
adoption circle
Refers to the key parties involved in an adoption: the adopted individual, the birthparents and the adoptive parents, as well as birthgrandparents, adoptive grandparents, siblings and others. A similar concept is more frequently expressed as an ADOPTION TRIAD or ADOPTION TRIANGLE.
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©2000 by Christine Adamec and William Pierce, Ph.D. Reprinted from The Encyclopedia of Adoption, 2nd Edition (2nd Edition) with permission of Facts On File, Inc.
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