My friend, Gee, has three children, two adopted one natural. These children are all adults, the eldest, Buddy, is about 43 years old. Recently, Buddy had to have a series of medical tests. They decided that Gee would accompany Buddy to the doctor for the tests (two heads are better than one). At the first visit, the doctor had Gee stay in the waiting room while he had his first visit with Buddy. After they left the doctor's office, Gee asked Buddy what the doctor did. Buddy said he took a complete history . Gee asked what Buddy told the doctor and and Buddy said I told him about maw-maw and paw-paw and all their health history. Gee was astonished, "Buddy, you can't give maw-maw and paw-paw's health history--you are adopted and no blood relative of theirs." Then Buddy (age 43), slapped his forehead and said--Darn!! I forgot that. Now thats a set of adoptive parents who can stand up and take a bow. Carolyn Tregre