Not Enough Nelsons — Birth and adoption stories in order for their 16 children. The family is 18 total (7 biological, 9 ...

Some families are born. Others are built — deliberately, carefully, and with a quiet, enormous, life-changing decision that one person makes on behalf of a child they haven’t met yet, or a child ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A dog named Yuki was successfully adopted, but only after waiting significantly longer than her 9 puppies. Surpassing the 220-day ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Seeing a vintage, playful-looking train around a Christmas tree with many presents immediately caught Rachel Cartwright's eye. It ...

Virginia Allen is a senior news producer for The Daily Signal and host of "The Daily Signal Podcast" and "Problematic Women." Send an email to Virginia. Erin Boggs was 16 in 1992 when she learned she ...

After losing her first husband and being unable to get pregnant for years, Little Big Town's Kimberly Schlapman thought she might never be a mom. Now she tells her story to help others considering ...

“The relationship has to be built around the people involved, and that means making room for both connection and boundaries.” I’m excited to focus this month’s family-building column on domestic ...

Cynthia Landesberg is a Korean adoptee and a lawyer in the D.C. area. Everyone loves a good adoption story. You know: the rags-to-riches tale of a baby found on the street and placed in a loving home, ...

There are many types of adoption: domestic, international, open, closed, kinship, transracial, infant placement, late-placed. And there is tremendous range in the circumstances that precede and follow ...

A dog named Yuki was successfully adopted, but only after waiting significantly longer than her 9 puppies. Surpassing the 220-day mark in a shelter, many lost hope that Yuki would ever be adopted at ...