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I was adopted legally around age three, but it's not like this thing I think about when I wake up every day. I was adopted by my foster parents, so I was comfortable with them. I wasn't in this alien place.

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Angel Olsen
Age: 37
Born: 1987
Born: January 22
Composer
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Music Producer
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Singer-Songwriter
St. Louis
Missouri
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