Talk:Charlotte DiLaurentis/@comment-27990917-20160316165437

Thank you to the person right below me for posting the correct terms that adopted people use to identify their parents, both biological and adoptive. I am adopted and would apreciate very much if you would read my post prior to editing this page. The CORRECT terms for the relatives section would be as follows:

Jessica Dilaurentis (adoptive mother/biological aunt)

Kenneth Dilaurentis (adoptive father)

Alison Dilaurentis (adoptive sister/biological half-cousin)

Jason dilaurentis (adoptive brother/biological half-cousin)

Mary Drake (biological mother)

I felt the need the post this before someone identified Charlotte's mother as Mary Drake without clarifying the "biolgoical" portion and before someone took away the title of "mother" at all from Jessica or the title "sister" from Alison. Charlotte loved Alison as her sister, always! She loved Jessica as her mother. That was the only person who visited her in Radley. That was the person whose body she was kneeling over crying: "mommy." THAT is her mother, regardless of DNA says.

I feel the urge to explain because I keep seeing the title "real mother" popping up all over twitter and social media. In my own personal life, I experience people using this term with me as well. It's incredibly disrespected to the community of adopted people and adopted parents to use the term "real parents." Pretty little liars is an amazing show that is progressive with society and issues at large. Let's take this oppertunity to educate people about the proper terms that should be used with discussing the topic of adoption.

I for one am really proud that Charlotte has become the face of so many underrepresented groups. Thank you, Marlene for the awesome and complicated character that is Charlotte aka -A.

Bless!