Our neighbors at our old house adopted her two foster kids. But I think she's the only one we know in real life who has adopted.
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Yup.
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My parents did and my college advisor.
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Omg when we were staying with my SIL her neighbor (after 3 failed IVFs) adopted twins. About 6 months later she got pregnant on her own...with twins.
And one of our close friends had a band-mate that adopted two little girls from China. I wasn't friends with him, but I'd met him (and his wife and girls) several times.
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Yep, growing up my mom had a good friend who adopted internationally x3, and now one of my friends has x2. Between the two families they cover almost every continent, lol!
Otherwise, I know a few families where the step parent has officially adopted the child(ren).
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Yep. A number of people. Some good experiences, some bad.
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My parents adopted my sister when they were told they couldn't have kids. I was a total surprise
My aunt and uncle adopted all three of there kids through foster-adopt.
DH's uncle adopted one daughter.
An ex co-worker's son and his wife adopted three siblings.
Not quite the same but my friend adopted his step-son.
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My mom's cousin adopted her son over 35 years ago. One of my good friends from school was adopted, as was her brother. Friends of ours are going through an international adoption right now. Unfortunately, it is a very slow and tedious process. I hope they are able to take their baby home soon.
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Yup. A few.
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Yes, my friend's sister is adopted and my cousin is currently in the process of adopting after going through secondary infertility.
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@FutureMrsMcK: oh. My. God.
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My mom!
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Yep! A couple of my moms cousins are adopted, and after failed Ivf my aunt adopted my two cousins
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A friend of mine, one of her aunts adopted and a family friend adopted
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Oh, also my supervisor adopted his two children
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Yes! My dad was adopted actually! and so was my great grandma on my mom's side!
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My aunt adopted and we know quite a few good customers of ours that have adopted.
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@FutureMrsMcK: holy schniky!!
One of my neighbors growing up adopted a daughter after they had 3 boys.
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There was a family friend when I was really young that adopted a sibling group of 7 from the Philippines! They also had 3-4 children of their own. I thought it would be the coolest thing to have 7 more siblings! It was such a beautiful thing.
Some of my best friends growing up were adopted.
A family I babysit for adopted their second child from Colombia, another family I used to nanny for are foster parents, a college professor adopted a little girl from China, a church family adopted a boy from the Phillipines, family friends adopted two girls from Cambodia, and a family I was homeschooled with were foster parents for a lot of children and adopted over 5 of them!
That's a lot. And there are more that I'm not thinking of right now. I think adoption is amazing.
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@regberadaisy: It got worse....her husband left (during her pregnancy) because he was too overwhelmed. He ended up going back (and right into marriage counseling) but geez, you leave your pregnant wife alone with two babies?!? (Her mom moved in to help. SIL and I sent over meals a lot...she was weird about non-family babysitting else I would have tried to help more.)
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Several people.
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my parents were foster parents for many years and adopted my siblings. our pastor & his wife adopted 2 through the foster care system.
our previous pastor & his wife adopted 2 from ethiopia three years ago. friends of theirs adopted a little boy from ethiopia as well. i got to spend the summer tutoring the three from ethiopia the year they came. so much fun!
i've known a few other families as well but not as closely.
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One of my coworkers adopted internationally.
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Yes, I know several people including my ILs. They adopted SIL from Korea.
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One of my best friends, Mrs. Jacks, adopted her youngest.
if we ever changed our minds about having a third child, we would adopt, too. Pregnancy is too hard for me!
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Yep! Good friends of ours adopted a little girl in August. Domestic adoption, done privately, and it was actually a girl they knew who was the birth mom.
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Yes, I have a friend who was adopted from Korea.
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My aunt and uncle adopted a girl from China a few years ago. She's just a year older than DS.
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Yep! I know 4 ppl!
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Quite a few actually, including 2 family members.
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I know a number of people. The closest relative is my cousin who's adopted and a few years younger than me. They almost couldn't adopt because back in the day my uncle was considered too old at 37. A number of my friends growing up were adopted and a few neighbors. And now a lot of the people I used to work with and a couple friends.
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Yep! Lots. My best friend's dad and a close friend from college were adopted. My mom has two different friends that adopted, and two of my nieces and one nephew was adopted.
We are planning to grow our family by adoption in addition to having biological children.
It's funny - I didn't realize until I was in college that many people adopt because of infertility. I always just thought of adoption as another way to have a family and never connected the two.
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I don't know anyone.
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My grandparents adopted my aunt. She was older (8 or 9) and her mom and my grandma were cousins.
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Yes! My life is full of adoption! One of my sisters, a cousin just got a placement today (and boy was that a tough roller-coaster), Mrs. Cowboy, Mr. Jacks' mom and brother, friends who have adopted, including the friends we're on vacation with right now. Adoption is such a beautiful thing!
And @honeybee: I think that would be a wise move, friend
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I don't think I know anyone personally yet but we have friends who are in the process of adopting now!
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My Dads cousin did.
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A couple we used to go to church with has two children that they adopted. They fostered for several years and have had the two kids since they were babies. They also have two biological children. There was a third little girl that they wanted to adopt but the biological aunt ended up with custody. It's been a long time but I remember it being a very strange situation and it was very sad.
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