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Glad you are adopting, one good thing is that it is'nt inevitable that any of those 3 children will develop shizophrenia. My advice is always talk and be open to your new child tell them it don't matter what it is they can talk to you. Educate them about the symptoms of schiz in case they develop the disorder they will not be totaly unaware that could cause them to automaticaly assume what is happening is real and cause them not to talk about it. The first episode is the major time for preventing further damage to the childs mind cause the sooner you get the problem fixed the better off the child is! That way no one has to know that they developed the illness and it is imparative that they get meds quickly so they don't have to be as devistated as alot of people who have the illness. Awareness to the child is the Key. This is my opinion cause if you don't know whats wrong you can't fix it. And the child may be to scared to talk if he/she is not aware of the illness. Without the child telling what is happening to them it usually takes SIX MONTHS to get a diagnosis and get medication. That is to long for anyone to suffer.. Believe me and sometimes it takes longer than that to get help. Educate the child about stigma, Cause stigma ruins peoples lives it is false beliefs of an illness. NAMI has alot more information if you don't find it on this site use other search engines. God Bless you