adoption

Couple adopts Florida baby abandoned in the woods about an hour after her birth

A baby who was left alone in the woods just one hour after she was born now has a forever family — thanks to deputies and residents who brought the...

Twins separated at birth reunited 19 years later — thanks to a TikTok video

Long-lost sisters Ano Sartania and Tako Khvitia were illegally sold off to different families in the country of Georgia, unaware of each other's existence for two decades.

Sweet-looking stray dog branded 'a--hole' in successful adoption ploy: 'Could take on a Rottweiler and win'

"This is Eddie, Eddie is an a--hole," the Humane Society of Wichita County in Texas wrote in a post. "He's 17 pounds and could take on a Rottweiler and win."

Bachelor alum reveals she was product of affair, says psychic led adoptive parents to her biological mom

"She had family members that were low-key racist and would not accept me," Holloway, a ballerina and model, said of her birth mother.

Inspired by online dating, AI tool for adoption matchmaking falls short for vulnerable foster kids

Child protective services agencies have wrestled for decades with how to find lasting homes for such vulnerable children and teens –- a challenge so enormous that social workers can never...

Teen boy thrilled to be adopted just before 18th birthday

The boy had been bounced around between 19 different homes since entering the system at the age of 11.

Dear Abby: I was adopted -- can I ask my biological mother for money?

Dear Abby weighs in on asking biological parents for financial help, a reunited couple and the importance of offering assistance.

Ukrainian adoptee, 21, charged with slaughtering 'caring' American parents who rescued him from prison-like orphanage: cops

Dima Tower faces murder charges over from the grisly slayings of North Port, Florida, real estate agents Robbie and Jennifer Tower, who had rescued him seven years ago.

My husband's ex-wife died, so I adopted her baby for a better life

"I did not want him going to foster care," said Christie Werts, who had been in the foster system from the age of 15.

Dog escapes shelter, sneaks into nursing home: 'Now he is all of ours'

"Having a dog around makes it feel like home.”

Michael Oher could have ended conservatorship anytime after 2011: court docs

Former NFL star could hae cut loose after he turned 25, according to his original court filing

Trans zealots would rather kids stay in foster care than be taken in by loving parents who won't embrace extremism

The Fosters wanted to open their home to foster children. They got turned down. Their crime? Not approving of gender surgery for under-18s.

'Blind Side' family accuses Michael Oher of $15M 'shakedown' before bombshell lawsuit

Michael Oher, the ex-NFL star whose story inspired the Oscar-nominated film "The Blind Side," allegedly tried to get the family who took him in to fork over $15 million or...

Family from Oscar-winning movie 'The Blind Side' lied about adopting me: ex-NFLer

The ex-NFLer and subject of the movie "The Blind Side" claims Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy never officially adopted him, according to a new report.

Dear Abby: My financial advisor is sexist and will only speak to my husband

Dear Abby advises a woman who feels her financial advisor is sexist and an adopted woman struggling to form a relationship with her maternal half-sister.

Sons of newly-ID'd Gilgo victim not notified about death until after presser

“He just thought [Vergata] was missing,” Eric Doherty’s girlfriend, Michelle Nolan, told The Post.

Dear Abby: My son's PDA with his girlfriend makes me ill

Dear Abby weighs in on public displays of affection in young love, motherhood, and adoptee-birth-mother relationships.

I'm a triplet separated at birth — we discovered we lived only 40 miles away

Rikki Jump, 32, and her sisters, Julianne and Kendall Scavo, were born on June 7, 1991 — but they didn't all meet in person for another 11 years.

Adopted girl accused of lying about being 6 years old seen with new dad selling fireworks outside a Walmart

Natalia Grace was spotted last week with her new adoptive dad and pastor, Antwon Mans, selling fireworks in a tent on the parking lot outside a Walmart in Greencastle, Indiana.

Florida firefighter adopts baby he found in drop box: 'We locked eyes, and that was it'

He's used to saving lives -- but not quite like this. A smitten Florida firefighter adopted an adorable baby girl he discovered in an infant drop box back in January,...