The adopted one .... Klaire!

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So let me tell you all about my cousin Klaire who is one of 3 and in the middle of her older sister Priya and younger brother Danyal. So as she is in the middle she of course suffers from what is called 'Middle-child Syndrome'!
If you are not familiar with this syndrome let me tell you more.....
Middle child syndrome (MDS) refers to the middle child of a family.  If you notice any of your family or friends who are middle children they are slightly odd and have interesting character traits..I know this from personal experience of being the oldest in my family and having a sister who is a middle child and also a daughter who is the same!
MDS children are generally the princess or prince of the family. The apple of the parents eye and generally Daddy's little princess or little champ!  They are also quite intellectual but also a bit dozy and a few other characteristics which I will mention on this & later posts as they come up.....will depict with MDS in brackets.
Back to my cousin Klaire....the adopted one....
Klaire doesn't look like any of her siblings or her parents, she looks more like her Auntie Sarah on her dad's side (dad's older sister).
So the current joke or story is that Klaire is adopted and her real mum is actually her auntie who she has been callling auntie all these years! Auntie Sarah has 3 children, all older and finished university and working/travelling.  Klaire is 12 and so would be the younger of her older siblings and so no longer be in the middle and so wouldn't suffer from MDS!
Auntie Sarah gave Klaire to her brother's wife cos she wasn't ready to be a mum to a newborn again as her kids were now at high school and she had just got her life back!
Klaire's adoptive mum and dad (Auntie Sarah's brother and his wife) had a 5 year old daughter and were happy to take in Klaire and have treated her like another daughter.  A couple of years later, Danyal was born and they were now a happy family of three children.
We are all making this a running joke/theme when talking to Klaire and it is driving her up the wall!
The fun and games of big extended families!
I am the oldest of all my cousins on my mums side as she is one of 11 and she is the oldest too! I have uncles who are younger than me and a lot of my cousins are my children's age.  But it makes life fun and there are many stories, which I will post from time to time!
Till next time...
Amina aka Mishti :)

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