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u/Germanpoetrygeek · 3 pointsr/Adoption

I have been completely honest and straight forward with all three of our boys. My boys are all from different parents and not related at all. Each of them also have many half siblings out there somewhere. Start with books that agree that it is all completely normal (because it is!) my sister also adopted one of my middle son's half siblings and they know that they are brother cousins. They are growing up knowing that it is just the way it is. My oldest son (15) recently wanted to know more so I brought out the info I was given by the bio family 15 years ago. He went through it quietly, said "cool" and moved onto homework. I told him that the information belongs to him and he is free to deal with it at his own pace or never. Again, his choice and we completely support him. This prompted my younger boys to ask to see pictures of their bio parents. One said "Wow, he is tall" the other said, "That is one big Afro" then we went about our evening.
The thing is that we are their family, never lied, never held info that was asked of us and they feel loved and secure. As long as you keep up what you are doing things will just find a way. Sounds like you guys will do awesome. Congratulations on the adoption!

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u/wanderer333 · 1 pointr/Parenting

You've gotten so much great advice already, I'm not sure you'll even see this, but just in case...

Aside from helping your son process his grief, which is a critical first step, it might also help to normalize different types of family structures. There are some good picture books that might help with this, such as Two Is Enough and Love is a Family, which both depict single-parent families, or Families Families Families and The Family Book, which depict all kinds of different family structures.

There are also some great books to start conversations about big feelings, such as The Color Monster, Visiting Feelings, The Way I Feel and The Feelings Book. Another good one for him might be It's Okay to Make Mistakes. Best of luck!