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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a Jewish adoptive mother with a Jewish husband. We adopted internationally, so no birth mother "chose" us. Our child is being raised Jewish (and did a mikvah conversion as a baby) and identifies as Jewish. I don't know what will happen in the future, but I don't know that with any of my kids.[/quote]

Op here. What country did you adopt from? How did you decide on international vs. Domestic?[/quote]

We adopted from China. For some reason I was just drawn to international adoption. I didn't even really consider domestic, although we did look into several different countries before we went with China.[/quote]

I'm not an adoptive parent, although I once considered it seriously before having an unexpected pregnancy.  International adoption seems SO much easier, IMHO.  Parents who adopt internationally don't have to deal with the caprices of birth mothers.  There was something about our family that made me believe we would not go to the top of the list of a birthmother, so I knew that international adoption would be much simpler for us.[/quote]
True, but you will not get an infant if you adopt internationally. And the children may have a range of special needs.[/quote]

This is also true for giving birth and domestic.  My child has SN.  Most of the kids I know through therapies and school were not adopted.  [/quote

The number of children that are adopted make up a much smaller percentage of the population so of course you will know far less of them.

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