Interracial Adoption Children interracially adopted loose the opportunity to learn about their heritage. Heritage, what is it and how important is it? Can children adopted by people of a different race other than their own learn about their own heritage? Is heritage more important than adoption? Is a child better served staying in foster care with those of his own race or being adopted by those outside his race? These are some of the questions I will explore in this report. I will compare a same race adopted adult with an interracially adopted adult. First let’s explore what heritage is. Is it the kind of hair you have or the color of your skin? As defined by the Ame