When Beth McDonough started to tell her stepdaughter, Mia, about the woman who will be the country’s next vice president, one of the first things she told Mia is that Kamala Harris has a stepdaughter too.
“She just lit up because we live in a super-small town, and as a kid with two moms and in a blended family, she faces a lot of not being able to see what her family looks like in other families,” said McDonough, 33, who lives in Meadville, Pa., with her stepdaughter and wife.
When Harris takes office in January, she herself will shatter historic barriers. Her family will also highlight something else: one of the many different ways in which families are made.
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