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Hello,We are at the very early stages of adoption enquiries. My DH is white british and I am mixed heritage.We would really love to adopt a mixed heritage child but we are struggling with understanding what will be expected of us.I grew up in a very white environment so only connected with the other side of my heritage when I was older. I am close to my family though on both sides.I never really integrated with my particular racial background completely as religion was a barrier (I''m not Muslim). As my background is a bit unusual I wouldn''t be looking to find an exact match and we''d be open to any racial combination. I do feel that I have something to offer in that I understand that experience. But although it''s all over the news that SW''s are getting more relaxed about this. I''m getting the message from all my enquires that it is really important to be able to reflect a child''s background directly. We would embrace and promote the child''s background. But I''m wondering what in practice this actually means - does anyone have any experience of this and can shed any light on what is expected. Thanks so much.BellaBun