Melissa Guida-Richards, who grew up believing she was biologically related to her Italian-Portuguese parents in the U.S., discovered at age 19 that she had been adopted from Bogotá, Colombia. Her parents had hidden this fact from her, raising her in a “colorblind” environment that ignored her ethnic heritage. Guida-Richards only learned about her adoption when she accidentally found adoption paperwork for her brother that also referenced her own adoption. Her parents had kept the adoption secret due to their struggles with infertility. This revelation, which came after years of noticing physical differences, profoundly impacted her understanding of her identity.
https://www.newsweek.com/adopted-child-learns-truth-colombian-heritage-trusts-parents-1941091
