Meaning of Family

Samuel, Leticia, and Anita’s stories verify that people do not have to be biologically related to be family. Samuel is adopted by a Quaker couple who becomes his family after he is sent to England to escape the Nazi regime. Leticia finds a surrogate family member in Cruz Torres, who is there for her in her most difficult times. Samuel and Leticia create an ad hoc family with Anita based on their needs, experiences, and abilities to give.

Even though families in England agreed to give Jewish children refuge, they were not prepared to give these children families. For this reason, Samuel did not really have a family in England until he was adopted by a Quaker couple. The first family, a pair of women with whom Samuel was placed, had wanted a girl to help them with household chores. Samuel was soon...