adoption stories

Photo credit: Canva – Father and son sharing a joyful moment together.

Family, Modern Families

Doctor who adopted and raised a teen boy teared up when he discovered the kid’s true identity

Zoha Fatima

6/3/2026
An Operation Smile volunteer reverses an oxygen mask so a child with a cleft condition can blow a bubble for the first time in Guadalajara, Mexico. (Operation Smile Photos)

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Family, Science

How Bubbles Help Kids with Cleft Conditions

Sarah Watts

5/11/2026
Photo credit: via CBS News/YouTube – A journal detailing Steven Schoebinger's young life.

Family, Modern Families

20-year-old woman agreed to a closed adoption for her baby, then got a wonderful surprise

Tod Perry

4/11/2026
Photo credit: via ABC Action News – 'It's never too late': 19-year-old who aged out of foster care adopted by her caseworker

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A case worker was told she couldn’t adopt a foster girl. She waited 6 years to make it happen.

Tod Perry

1/2/2026
Photo credit: via ABC Action News – 'It's never too late': 19-year-old who aged out of foster care adopted by her caseworker

Family, Modern Families

A case worker was told she couldn’t adopt this foster girl. She waited 6 years until she could.

Tod Perry

8/13/2025
Photo credit: @aliciamaeholloway/TikTok – What an amazingly kind gesture.

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Her adoptive mother secretly wrote to her biological mother for 17 years. She had no idea.

Heather Wake

7/17/2025
Photo credit: via CBS News/YouTube – A journal detailing Steven Schoebinger's young life.

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Woman who gave her baby up for adoption gets a wonderful surprise from the new family

Tod Perry

2/20/2025