In this study, the aim is to examine adoptees, and their experiences of meeting stereotypical beliefs based on their appearance and their adoption background, as well as their experiences regarding citizenship and belonging. The purpose of the study is to contribute with a more nuanced picture of adoptees and to share their experiences, in order to allow adoptees to participate in the construction of the image of an ‘adoptive individual´. The main issues of the study, that is aimed to be the main focus, is the adoptive individuals experiences and the meaning attributed to the experiences. Methodological starting points are that this type of purpose and questions can be answered through qualitative interviews and a genuine curiosity for the individuals experiences. The results and analysis are presented in such a way that the individual’s stories are in focus, and based on these stories and experiences, empirical data is collected and analyzed based on social citizenship theory and post-colonial theory. The result of the study is that adoptive individual’s have different types of experiences of meeting stereotypical beliefs, where all the informants experienced stereotypical beliefs based on their appearance to some extent. Furthermore, the result shows that adoptive individual’s possess a dualism in their experience of citizenship and their affiliation with Sweden and the adopting country. The conclusion for the study is that the result is partly in agreement with the previous research that is available, but the study is too small to be able to generalise and confirm the previous research. Seen solely from the study's conclusions, a multidimensional image of the adoptive individuals experiences is made visible, which I hope will lead to more research students getting their eyes on the complex descriptions that adoptive individuals hold regarding affiliation and citizenship.