Growing up, holidays usually meant just dinner for the three of us: my mom, dad and me. I would sit dutifully at the table for the required timeframe before scurrying off to one of my friend’s houses ...

Abandoned at a few days old in a public location, I spent much of my first year in an orphanage and found a forever family from a small town in Canada at nine months old. Adoption changed my life in ...

My husband and I adopted four children over the span of seven years. All of them are open adoptions. These arrangements allow for varying degrees of contact between adoptive and birth families. In our ...

WEST OLIVE, Mich. — Tuesday at the Ottawa County Family Justice Center in West Olive families, officials and members of local and state organizations gathered to celebrate Adoption Day. Judges from ...

It was a family affair Wednesday for Vandergrift sisters Kelly and Nicole Dunmire, who created new families on National Adoption Day in Westmoreland County, giving two children a loving home and ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — For 38 years, Washington, D.C. has celebrated Adoption Day aimed at raising awareness about adoption and helping children find forever families. On Saturday, dozens of families ...

The event, marking its 10th year, saw five children find their forever families. Judge Ralph Winkler, who presided over the adoptions, expressed his joy in participating in the event. "It’s nice to ...

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Staff and kindergarten students from Walters Elementary School in Marshall joined their classmate in court Friday morning to celebrate the finalization of her adoption. It’s not ...

A woman who was adopted almost four decades ago has shared the moment she met her birth mom for the first time. Kristy Moore's mother decided that adoption would be the best option for her newborn ...

This story has been updated. Judge Matthew Larock asked Ryan Soto if he had a statement to make. Soto was sitting next to 11-year-old Gabriel in a Torrington court room on Friday, finalizing his ...