Fictional Adoptees
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While browsing on Wikipedia in the adoptees section of their website, I came across the category of fictional adoptees, which has almost as many entries as their list of adoptees of fame and infamy. Has anyone ever done research into ths matter. Why are there so many stories with adopted protagonists? Is it just to appeal to the sympathy of the reader/viewer or is there a grander scheme behind the usage of adoptees in stories?