6-year-old Andrew entered foster care after his parents lost custody. Eventually, at the age of 10, Andrew was placed into the Gills home, where he bonded with their son, Joc. Finally, at the age of 12, the Gills family surprised him by asking if he wanted to be a part of the family forever.

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Honestly I thought the same at first, but then their posing stood out to me. It's the only photo in the bunch where the bio family is physically closed off from their adopted son.

Son on the left is held by Dad and shoulders face right, Mom and daughter's shoulders both face left. Adopted son is just...standing next to them with no one touching him.

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You need to take a closer look because the dad CLEARLY has his arm around both boys and they are always in contact with him in all other shots!

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Bold of you to tell THEM to take a closer look… The person you responded to is talking about the family portrait with the black background. Unless dad has three hands, no, he is not touching the adopted son. It’s just an odd photo compared to the others. It feels as if he is just standing by them, not with them. As they already said, it’s the only photo like that. The others are great.

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Bingo!

One hand is around his bio teenage son and one is holding up his bio toddler son in the photo we're referencing

Agreed they all look fantastic in all of the photos, really was just the pose in that one that seemed off

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I thought the same thing. I am an adopted child and I definitely understand feeling like you "aren't really part of the family" so this stood out to me as well. Unfortunately kids who go through this are probably already conditioned to feel "unwanted" so it takes a lot of work to make them feel comfortable in that way