The gift of adoption is one that is no longer reserved for those privileged few that have more money than they know what to do with – such as celebrities. Just as celebrities are more likely to be in the spotlight than, say, the rest of us, celebrity adoptions have been the sole focus of the media spotlight.

 

While good in that this attention has sparked much interest in adoption, increasing its popularity dramatically, it has also given the vast majority the impression that adoption is strictly reserved for people of celebrity proportions. Not at all!

 

People from virtually all walks of life choose adoption. While it is true that between 11 and 24 percent of couples pursue adoption after exhausting infertility treatment options, there are also many couples who choose to grow their family through adoption once they have experienced the gift of biological parenthood, or choose to adopt a child rather than conceiving biologically, even with the ability to do so.

 

American Adoptions has worked with families from a variety of backgrounds, including couples who have already adopted or currently have children in the home, military families, as well as couples from rural America, the big city and even international couples!

 

Every adoption story is unique – and so are the people who live those stories!