Adoption is everywhere!
When we decided to adopt we started seeing it more. It’s like when you get a red car and then notice how many other red cars there are. Except more serious than that. And we don’t have a red car, but we do have a wagon and we notice the other wagons now. That should have been the original example.
We all know media has a great affect on us so for me it is encouraging to see celebrities adopt and to see adoption stories in movies and sitcoms. I hope it leads to more people feeling like adoption is a possibility, even if the story is silly like some of these.
Remember Joey’s recommendation letter in Friends? “Baby Kangaroo Tribiani”
And how about this Lion King announcement from Modern Family? Can we picture Tye doing this? I love Phil’s comment.
I love these parents in Easy A.
This is a scene from Despicable Me. Isn’t Agnes (little Krista Smith (my baby sister)) adorable? I do wish our house was made of gummy bears.
And here is a great scene from What to Expect When You’re Expecting which I said I wouldn’t watch until we’re closer to expecting. I still haven’t seen it, but I found this clip. Grab a tissue.
Tear-jerker, right?
As far as celebrity adoptions are concerned, I think we all know who wins the spot in this blog.
Good for them! I love seeing celebrities adopt. I don’t think it’s for publicity or to look cool. They already look cool! They have no one to impress. I believe most celebrities are adopting because they see the need and they want to help.
Tye was at the Atlanta airport last week and saw a family with TEN adopted children! If we had the money some of these celebrities do I think that would be a great way to spend it.
Curious about which celebrities were adopted? Lucky for you I have a list right here.
Marilyn Monroe (actress)
Moses (biblical leader) I was a little shocked that this was on the list. More biblical characters should be considered celebrities…
Mother Teresa (humanitarian)
Michael Bay (director)
Ingrid Bergman (actress)
Augustus Caesar (emporer of Rome)
Harry Caray (baseball broadcaster)
Kristin Chenoweth (actress)
Eric Clapton (singer)
President Bill Clinton
Nat King Cole (singer)
Gary Coleman (actor)
Daunte Culpepper (professional football)
Ted Danson (actor, adopted child and adoptive father)
President Gerald Ford
Jamie Foxx (singer, actor)
Tim Green (professional football)
Melissa Gilbert (actress)
Newt Gingrich (politician)
Faith Hill (singer)
Scott Hamilton (professional skater)
John Hancock (U.S. Founding Father)
Jesse Jackson (politician)
Super long list. Plus I deleted people I didn’t recognize. Here are more.
Steve Jobs (co-founder of Apple)
John Lennon (singer)
Allan “apl.de.ap” Pineda Lindo, jr. (singer, member of Black Eyed Peas)
Greg Louganis (Olympic Gold Medal Diver)
Malcolm X (human rights activist)
Lee Majors (actor)
Nelson Mandela (human rights activist)
Nimmy March (actress)
James MacArthur (actor)
Darryl “D.M.C.” McDaniels (musician)
Frances McDormand (actress)
Tim McGraw (singer)
Sarah McLachlan (singer)
Tom Monaghan (founder of Domino’s Pizza, owner of Detroit Tigers)
Michael Oher (professional football, story inspired The Blind Side)
Jim Palmer (professional baseball)
Aaron Parchem (Olympic figure skater)
Lorraine Pascale (model, author and chef)
Dana Plato (actress)
Edgar Allen Poe (author)
Nicole “Snookie” Polizzi (TV personality)
Priscilla Presley (actress)
First Lady Nancy Reagan
Nicole Richie (TV personality)
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt
Dave Thomas (founder of Wendy’s, children’s advocate)
There are so many great examples, I thought we could overlook these:
Nicole
Bill
and Snookie
But we still love them.
Visit this website for more on who has adopted or who chose adoption as birthparents.
I am disappointed that I couldn’t find a clip from The Office. I know Michael once asked Pam to look in to adoption for him. She then told him it could take a long time, possibly 6 months or a year. His response was, “Forget it, I don’t even know if I’ll want a baby in a year.” Epic scene, but I couldn’t find it. Hopefully you can laugh with me because you remember the scene I’m talking about.
So there you have it. Adoption is everywhere.
Were you adopted? Have you adopted? Are you considering adoption for your family? Do you know of any sitcoms or movies I missed?
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