It started with a selfie

Julia Tinetti, 32

Stacking glasses on the bar, I looked up to see the new barmaid walk past.

It was spring 2013 and it was her first shift in the local pub where I worked, but I quickly spotted the blue and red flag tattooed on her arm.

‘Hey, nice tatt, I’m from the Dominican Republic, too!’ I grinned.

‘I’m Cassandra,’ she said to me, smiling back.

We got chatting and Cassandra explained that, while she was born in the Dominican Republic, she was adopted.

‘Me, too!’ I gasped, ‘My