Characteristics shared by adopted children and their biological parents are mostly genetic while their similarities with adoptive parents reflect environmental influences.
For genetic traits, parents pass on traits or characteristics, such as eye color and blood type, to their children through their genes. Some disease and health conditions can also be passed. Five inherited characteristics are eye color, hair color, skin color, bone structure, height.
Influences picked up from adoptive parents include religious and political beliefs, manners, and values.
"An enriching and stimulating home environment fosters healthy growth and brain development by providing a child with love, emotional support, and opportunities for learning and exploration since a family is the most important characteristic in a child's development."
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