Words are powerful.
Adoptee is a word not found in the dictionary. Spell check always tells me that I want adaptee instead, which does, on some level, seem appropriate.
Bastard is thrown about in everyday language, but is often used negatively, or in a derogatory way, though the dictionary definition is: a person born of unmarried parents; an illegitimate child.
What are your thoughts and reactions to seeing this picture, as they say, “a picture is worth a thousand words”?