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1 Meaning of Transracial Adoption / Transcultural Adoption. 2  Adoption of a child of one race by a family of a different race. 3  In the converse, âsame-race adoptionâ, child and parent are the same race.
Many transcultural adoptions are also transracial, which means that the child has a different racial background in addition to a different cultural background. Both transcultural and transracial adoption are extremely common in the United States, but they are surrounded by complex social and cultural issues.