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Our adopters below have shared their real stories about their own personal adoption journey.

Adopter Stories

Adopters are from a wide variety of backgrounds, cultures, ages, ethnicities, as unique and diverse as the children currently waiting for adoption. There is no ‘perfect’ adopter. What they all have in common is the time, commitment, stability and love in their lives to offer a child or children.

Fran

Fran

Fran Lusack is a single adopter of Jamaican and West African heritage who is the proud parent of a daughter...

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Rachel & Paul

Rachel shares her adoption story: "My husband, Paul and I adopted a sibling group of three children, Sarah,...

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Sarah

My name is Sarah, born and brought up in Middlesex, but I moved to Wilmslow with my husband many years ago....

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Charlie

Charlie

Just over fifty years ago, I would have been arrested in the UK for promoting the fact I was a gay male. Ba...

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Mike & Rebekah

Mike & Rebekah

Mike and his wife Rebekah adopted siblings, aged 3 and 4, through Adoption Matters and wanted to share thei...

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Jennifer

Jennifer

Following fertility issues, Jennifer who is Black British of Caribbean decent and her husband who is White ...

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Why choose Adoption Matters?

Hear from adoptive parents on why they chose to adopt with a Voluntary Adoption Agency.