40 Moving Photos Of Children Finally Being Adopted

Most of us take our families for granted. We have parents, siblings, grandparents, cousins and the whole extended family that comes along with it. But not every person is blessed to be able to say they have a place to call home. There are various reasons for children being homeless, from being orphans to being abandoned, the list goes on. But that one moment when these kids finally find their forever family is a moment in time that they will cherish forever.

Finding the place the place they belonged brought them such joy that they couldn’t help but express it in their face, their eyes and their smiles. Scroll below to check out this heartwarming collection of photos capturing that special moment when an adopted child realised that they had finally found their people.

#1 Buffalo Man Adopts 5 Siblings So They Won’t Be Split Up In The System

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#2 Just Under Two Years Ago, My Wife And I Adopted A Little Girl. 3 Days Ago, We Adopted Her Biological Sibling

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#3 My Husband Adopted My Son Today, After Raising Him For 3.5 Years. The Judge Said They Are Already Starting To Look Alike And This Was By Far The Best Way To Start Her Weekend

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#4 Our Son Has Been In Foster Care For Approximately 5 Years… And It’s Finally Time To Complete The Adoption And Give Him The Family He Deserves

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#5 A Single Dad Adopted A Kid With Down Syndrome And Got A “Best Mommy In The World” Award

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#6 Two Moms Adopted Three Biological Brothers So They Can Grow Up Together

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#7 Yesterday Was The 1 Year Anniversary Of Adopting Our Foster Daughter. I’m Grateful For The Honor

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#8 We Always Knew We Wanted To Be Parents, But Fostering Truly Opened Our Hearts In Ways We Never Imagined

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#9 A Year And A Half-Ish After I Was Adopted. Me And My Mom

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#10 Words Can’t Express How Honored And Grateful We Are To Be This Kid’s Forever Dad!

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There were some extreme lows and crazy highs through the foster system with Dean but the end result couldn’t have been better and more rewarding! This day will go down as one of the best days of our lives and we can’t WAIT to continue this life journey as your dads! ??Next stop, Wizarding World! ??

#11 We Adopted Our Precious Daughter Yesterday! What A Great Day We Had!

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#12 My Wife’s Adoption Of My Son Was Final Friday, Best Father’s Day Ever! They Are The Two Best Things To Ever Happen To Me

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#13 “My Son Hugged Me. I Felt Choked Up With Emotion.” A Young Boy Finally Got Adopted By A Single Dad And Found His Forever Home

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#14 Saying Yes To Adoption Was One Of The Scariest Things I Have Ever Done But Boy Oh Boy You Have Blessed Me Beyond Measure. I Am So Thankful I Get To Be Your Mommy ❤️! I Could Have Missed This

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#15 Newborn Left At Firehouse With ‘I Love You’ Note Was Adopted

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#16 A Loving Single Dad Adopted A Girl With Down Syndrome After She Was Rejected By 20 Families

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#17 Our Son And His Big Sister Ringing In His Official Adoption And The End Of His Time In Foster Care

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#18 Boy Being Adopted Asks Family To Dress Like Superheroes For Adoption Day. They Do

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#19 Single Gay Dad Adopted An Autistic Kid And Raised An Honor Student

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#20 My Brother Was Put Up For Adoption At Birth, 22 Yrs Later Living Together Making Up For Lost Years

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#21 Nurse Adopted A Man With Autism She Only Knew For 2 Days To Help Him Get A New Heart

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#22 My Sons (Age 4, Adopted From Foster Care) Insist They Are Twins

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#23 This Black Couple Adopted Three White Children

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#24 O, Lord Keep Me In The Moment … We adopted this Xhosa princess in 2020 and our lives have never been the same. She has coloured our lives with the most beautiful shades of love.

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#25 I Wasn’t There At Your Birth Or Your First Or Second Birthday. But I Will Shout From The Rooftops That I’m So Grateful You’re Alive, Well, And Home

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#26 It’s My Mom’s 81st Birthday, And Deserves All The Happy Birthday Blessings She Can Get! She Adopted Me When I Was 3 And She Was 50, She Has Been The Highlight Of Everything In My Life And Deserves The World! She Is My Heart, Guide, And Backbone.. She Is An Incredible Woman Who Inspires Me Everyday!

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#27 Today Is The Day This Little Lady Becomes My Daughter. Happy Adoption Day!!!

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#28 Me And My Son, The Day His Adoption Was Final

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#29 Kindergarden Class Goes To Court To See Their Classmate Michael Get Adopted!

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#30 I Was Adopted 22 Years Ago. This Is The First Picture With My Older Sister

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#31 Today…. At 28 Yrs Old, I Was Adopted By My Step Father Of 25 Years

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He took in my mother, my sister, and I… and boy did I put him through hell growing up. No matter the situation, he endured… and as I matured we grew closer and our relationship stronger. I am proud to honor his family legacy!

#32 This Single Dad Adopted A Teen Abandoned At The Hospital: ‘I Knew I Had To Take Him’

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At 11 years old, Tony Mutabazi was left at the hospital by his adoptive parents. They left him there and simply didn’t come back. He soon entered the foster care system, where it was unsure if he would ever find a new family. Now, two years later, he’s found his forever home with Peter Mutabazi in Charlotte, North Carolina.

#33 The Man That Saved Me From A Life Of Foster Care. Happy Father’s Day

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#34 Couple Adopted A Neglected Kid And Raised A World-Famous Ballerina

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#35 Me And My Wife Were Never Able To Have Kids. We Just Got The Opportunity To Adopt! Reddit, Meet Joshua

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#36 At The Age Of 48, A Woman Took Six Boys Out Of The Foster Care System And Gave Them A 2nd Life. She Passed Away A Year Ago And Not A Day Goes By That I Don’t Thank Her For Saving Us. There Is Hope

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#37 I Came To Rep For Adoptive Dads

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#38 Those Very First Moments As A Family Of Five ?

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emotional, unfiltered, intimate.

some of us reunited; others of us meeting for the first time. all of us, family.

#39 I Could Live A Thousand Lifetimes But Would Pick This One Every Time Because This Is The One Where I Get To Be Your Dad

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#40 A 20-Year-Old Mother Placed Her Son For Adoption. His New Family Refused To Leave Her Behind

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When Schauna Austin was 20 years old and single, she gave birth to a baby boy. But the family that would adopt her son wanted to involve her in every major step of his life.

“It was like, ‘OK, this is the way it should be. She was part of our family,'” adoptive mother Jennifer Schoebinger told CBS News. She and her husband, Chris Schoebinger, said they had no interest in excluding the birth mother.

“You know, you can’t have too many people loving you, right? Why couldn’t he be both of ours?” Chris Schoebinger said.

So, year after year, they sent Austin piles of pictures and bound books detailing Steven’s every major and minor milestone. The Schoebingers said they did this so that when Austin and their son were ready, they could pick up right where they left off.