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People Share What Their Chosen Families Mean To Them

Americans across the country discuss their chosen families bound by love instead of blood.

Aired 08/02/2020

PBS American Portrait

People Share What Their Chosen Families Mean To Them

Clip: Special | 1m 25sVideo has Closed Captions

Americans across the country discuss their chosen families bound by love instead of blood.

Americans across the country show off their chosen families and discuss what it means to be bound by love instead of blood.

Aired 08/02/2020

Funding for PBS American Portrait provided by Anne Ray Foundation, Target, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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