That’s the human equivalant of the “sir are you aware you are a cat” meme.
I thought I was Jewish when I was her age but I was actually Catholic so when my Jewish friends invited me to give a prayer at his house during Chanukah and I recited “Our Father who art in heaven…”, my friend’s mom got on her knees and said to my face in a super soft voice, “Joey, I think you’re catholic not Jewish,” in front of everyone and I thought I was in trouble and I started crying.
I was raised on films like Oliver and Annie, so I just sort of assumed I was adopted for the first five years of my life. Then one day I asked my mum who my real parents were. She blinked at me, baffled, then laughed and said “Halima, you’re not adopted.” I threw the biggest tantrum of my life.
