Family is traditionally viewed as a relationship with those with whom you share a biological connection, but family can mean a lot more than being linked by genetic lineage — and the following celebrities know that better than most.
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The adoption was warmly welcomed by each of these celebrity parents for a variety of reasons. For some, like Rosario Dawson, adoption from a young age was the obvious path to parenthood. As Charlize Theron put it, it was never a secondary option.
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Others, like Sia, struggled with infertility; some, including Hoda Kotb, were unable to conceive after battling cancer; and for the likes of Ewan McGregor, Lionel Richie and Thomas Rhett, adoption felt like a matter of divine intervention.
Many of these famous people, including Mariska Hargitay and Julie Andrews, have beautiful blended families made up of biological and adopted children. Regardless of how their children came into their lives, these celebrities have all spoken openly about the joy of being adoptive parents and how their journey with adoption has fundamentally changed their lives.
Read on to learn more about the touching stories of how these celebrities met their children through adoption.
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