When my sister and I were younger I would tell her she was adopted because she was dark skinned and I'm fair skinned. She finally learned the truth at age 10
A childhood belief about family

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that white skinned people sheaded skin and became black
— help[help - When I was younger, my cousin used to try to convince me that I was adopted and I sometimes believed it."Anon
- When I was younger I used to believe that the darker your skin was, the dark your shadow would be.— Mary S.
- My 6 years younger sister used to tell me that I was younger than her. She was just growing backwards.— Taryn
- When I was little - before we learned cursive - my sister and I called it 'real writing'. — Monty
- I used to beleive that the moon was where the local fair was.— tah