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Adopting from abroad


More than 4,000 children are waiting to find a family in the UK and yet many couples need to go abroad to successfully adopt.

[See also: Adoption by gay dads]


In this episode of Bumps Babies and Beyond, Myleene is joined by Francesca Polini, who was forced to look abroad to adopt a child even though there were needy children in her local area.

Her local council had put a cap on the number of black or mixed race children who could be adopted by someone of white origin.

And because there were no white children waiting for a family, Francesca and her husband had to look elsewhere.

They turned to Mexico where they successfully adopted a daughter Gaia, with son Luca following a few years later.

Back in the UK Francesca feels it’s important to remind her children of their roots and brings them up to be proud of being adopted.

See also:

Fitting a new arrival into the family

Finding the best baby names