family-history

Alien Baby: Genetics, Adoption, and How I Became Myself

gawker.com · 04/06/10 05:35PM

The earliest available photos of me were taken when I was five months old, just after I was adopted. I have dark hair and freakishly large eyes that seem far too big for my face, like a Japanese anime character. In fact, they're so big and dark that the rest of my facial features seem almost invisible. All you see are eyes.