During my childhood, I thought that the mother I was living with was not my real mom because she wasn't white. It wasn't until junior high that I learned about dominant and recessive genes, and realized my mom was my REAL mom.
A childhood belief about family

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that Timbuctou wasn't a real place.— Leah
- For the longest time I didn't know that Spinal Tap wasn't a real group. No wonder I couldn't find their music.— Louis
- In my childhood I used to think that all the superheroes I saw on television existed in real life— Cris
- Until junior high school, I thought Monty Python was a wrestler.— Jamie
- I thought there was a beaver living in the toilet that would bite me if I wasn't ever vigilant. — Camille
- When I was little *I thought that if I dressed in all white I would become invisible.Sadly,I wasn't.XP— Kiki