When natural means of conception fails some parents, one option for them is adoption.
Your parents adopted you from an orphanage years ago when your biological ones abandoned you.
Texas adopted the nickname of lone star republic
you were adopted...
I was named Mandy and was adopted when I was six days old.
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Mrs and Mrs Smith adopted a beautiful baby boy.
My mom was childless before she adopted me.
They are both adjectives, and "adopted" can be a verb as well. "Adoptive" modifies the person who is doing the adopting, e.g. "The adoptive mother." "Adopted" as an adjective modifies the person being adopted, as in "My adopted son." Adopted can also be the past tense of a verb, e.g. "I adopted my son in 2007." And to use both in one sentence: "The adoptive mother adopted her adopted son in 2007." Ta-da!
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