When my mom told me she was adopted and explained that meant she wasn't blood related to my grandparents I figured she wasn't but I was because I had brown eyes like them and hers were blue.
A childhood belief about family
others believed things like this
- I was born brunette with brown eyes and dark hair, i thought people with blue eyes, had water in them.Anon
- I didn't understand about boiled eggs until my Mum explained I wasn't supposed to eat the shell as well.— Chris
- I used to think that blood was blue until it touched air.— paetrw
- I thought the blue veins in some cheeses were actually blood vessesls!— Helen
- I used to believe that all my aunts were related to my mother and all my uncles were related to my father.— Mandy
- I used to believe that my eyes were brown because I ate too much chocolate. Thanks, Dad!— Christine