The man Mariska Hargitay called dad wasn’t her biological father — here’s who really was

Mariska no longer had to protect an idealized version of the past.

She could describe the past as it actually felt to her.

Complicated.

Painful.

Loving.

And ultimately broader than she had imagined.

Her Experience Offers a Different Definition of Family

Mariska’s story challenges the idea that family can be explained by a single category.

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