Rodney Atkins
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Rodney says his birth mother got pregnant at 19 after what he described as a traumatic first date. She hid the pregnancy from her family and chose to give him up for adoption.
I just wanted to tell her thank you, because she had some other alternatives to end that situation, I might not be here. So you don’t want to take it for granted. She kept saying, “I’m sorry.” I kept saying, “Thank you.”
Faith Hill
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Faith Hill always knew she was adopted.
And the decision to give me up for an adoption, I can’t imagine that as a mother of three daughters. I can’t imagine the choice to do that and how thankful I am that she was able to give me the opportunity that I had because I was placed into an incredible home that I mean basically is responsible for the way I am today and the backbone that I have in order to do this for a living, which is a crazy, sometimes unstable world that this projects. But the most important thing to me is about my family and that was definitely taught from my mom and dad.
Waiting for adoption
✓ There are over 2 million couples across America waiting to adopt.
✓ Only 25% of adoptions in the USA are international.
✓ Open adoption (birth family has contact with the adoptive family) is the most widely practiced form of adoption in the USA.
✓ It’s never too late to choose adoption.
A Birth Mother’s Story
It’s been easy to live with
Did You Know?
Other famous people who were adopted:
- Bo Diddley
- Dave Thomas (Wendy’s)
- Debbie Harry
- D.M.C.
- George Washington Carver
- Greg Louganis
- Jamie Foxx (and his mother)
- Jesse Jackson
- John Hancock
- John Lennon
- Melissa Gilbert
- Sarah McLaughlan
- Steve Jobs