Hannah Jennings’s birth parents were young high schoolers when they had her, back in 1999. At a tender age themselves, they kept the pregnancy a secret. The teen parents did what they felt was best for their baby: placing her with adoptive parents, and hoping they’d give her the life she deserved. Eighteen years later,…
Woman Adopted as a Newborn Meets Birth Parents After Almost 2 Decades: ‘They Chose My Family’
Bald Eagle Snatches Baby Hawk for Dinner, Ends Up Adopting It; Nest-Cam Footage Reveals Rare Raptor Family
Livestream footage from a bald eagle’s nest-cam captured the extraordinary moment when a family of bald eagles adopted a tiny baby red-tailed hawk on Gabriola Island in B.C. An adult bald eagle dropped off what looked like a ball of fluff into its nest—presumably live food for its young eaglet to start tearing limb from…
Vietnamese Baby With Facial Tumor Gets Adopted in the US, Reunites With Birth Parents at 18
A Vietnamese baby born with a large facial tumor, who was given up for adoption, has reunited with his birth parents at the age of 18 after growing up in California. Sam Ettore was born in Phu Rieng, Vietnam, with a benign cavernous hemangioma covering half his face. He was transferred to a hospital in the…
Student Found Out She Was Pregnant After Breaking Up, Refused to Abort Her Unplanned Baby
The extraordinary story behind an unplanned pregnancy and how it has turned into a beautiful open adoption success. (Video courtesy of Melissa Link) …
A Birth Mother’s Message to Son Before Adoption
This birthmother put the needs of her child above the wants of her heart. (Video courtesy of Hannah Mongie) …
’I Just Wanted to Call Him Dad’: Boy, 11, Shares Journey of Being Adopted By Stepfather
For an 11-year-old boy from Cincinnati, Ohio, who was officially adopted by his stepdad into their forever family, this special day meant the world to him. “I’d been waiting for it for a long time,” Connor Julian told The Epoch Times. “When the judge said I was officially adopted, I burst into tears because I was…
Shanxi Officials Takes 28 Foundlings From Foster Care Mom Without Due Process
A Shanxi lady in her 70s has dedicated 46 years of her life to caring for abandoned children. Recently, local officials removed the children currently in her care without explanation and despite the fact that she had legally adopted the majority of them. Kong Zhenlan from Jiuji, a village in Shanxi Province, has adopted more than…
Suicidal Pregnant Woman Chooses Adoption Over Abortion, 28 Years Later Reunites With Son
A Pennsylvania woman who got pregnant at the age of 19 was at the peak of depression and felt hopeless, wanting to end her life. However, after an incredible epiphany, she realized that, although she didn’t want to live, she had no right to kill an innocent life. Choosing adoption for the infant, she then…
UK Woman Who Wanted to Adopt Boy Jailed for Life for His Murder
An English woman who exchanged grotesque messages with her husband has been jailed for life for murdering a 13-month-old child she was hoping to adopt. Laura Castle, 38, was told by a judge on Wednesday she would have to spend a minimum of 18 years behind bars for the murder of Leiland-James Corkill, who had been…
Kids Surprise Their Step Parent With Emotional Adoption Proposal
Real family does not come from your blood. It is the people standing beside you when no one else is. …
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