Recently, Hollywood stars actively adopt children abroad. This is mainly about orphans from poor countries in Asia and Africa. Thus, celebrities try to help unhappy kids who are on the verge of poverty ...
The selection includes 10 celebrities who have adopted orphans from other countries into their families.
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt
Even during the marriage with her second husband, Billy Bob Thornton, Angelina Jolie adopted a 7-month-old boy from Cambodia, who was named Maddox. Subsequently, already in a relationship with Brad Pitt, Jolie took in her family a small Zahar from Ethiopia and Pax from Vietnam. In addition, the couple had three biological children: the daughter of Shiloh Nouvel and the twins Knox and Vivienne. After the separation of parents, all the children stayed with Angelina.
Madonna
Recently, Madonna equaled to Angelina Jolie in the number of children: now she has six of them. In February 2017, the pop diva adopted two 4-year-old twin sisters from Malawi, a poor African state, to whom the star actively helps with personal means. The mother of the babies died a week after their birth, and the father, having lost his job, gave the children to a shelter. Here the girls, named Stella and Esther, and saw Madonna, who came to Malawi for charity.
Earlier, the singer has already adopted in this country a boy named David and a girl named Mercy, who are now respectively 12 and 11 years old. In addition to the foster homes of Madonna, there are two native children: 21-year-old Lourdes and 17-year-old Rocco.
Katherine Heigl
Actress Kathryn Heigl and her husband singer Josh Kelly raise three children: two adoptive and one biological. Their eldest daughter Nancy Lee was adopted in 2009 from South Korea. The girl had a congenital heart disease, and before she went to foster parents, she had to undergo a serious operation.
The reasons that prompted Heigl to adopt a child from Korea are related to her own family. The fact is that the actress has an adoptive Korean sister, which her parents adopted before the birth of Katherine.
"I wanted my own family to be the same, I knew that I would take a girl from Korea. My spouse and I talked about biological children, but we decided to embody my dream first "
Three years after Nancy Lee appeared in their family, the couple adopted a newborn girl from Louisiana, who was named Adelaide, and four years later, their first biological child, the son of Joshua Bishop, was born.
Ewan McGregor
The actor has four daughters, two of them are adopted. In the spring of 2006, Yuen and his wife adopted a 5-year-old girl from Mongolia named Jamiyan.
Meg Ryan
In 2006, Meg Ryan adopted a one-year-old girl from China.
"I just saw her face and realized that we are connected. I always thought that one day I would do it. Adoption is no less responsible than pregnancy "
Native son Ryan was very happy little sister and even chose for her name - Daisy Tru.
Mia Farrow
Mia Farrow is the Hollywood record holder in the number of foster children: she passed through the procedure of adoption as many as 11 times! Among her students there are children from Korea, Vietnam, Africa and India.
Emma Thompson
Most adoptive parents prefer to adopt very young children, but actress Emma Thompson has adopted into her family an adult, 16-year-old teenager named Tindiebua Agabu. A young man from Rwanda remained an orphan after his entire family was killed during the 1994 genocide.
Mary Louise Parker
For the first time, Mary-Louise Parker became a mother in 2004, when she gave birth to William's son. The actress decided not to confine herself to one child, and in 2007 adopted a girl from Ethiopia named Caroline Aberes.
Helen Rolle
Helene Rollet, the star of the series "Helen and the guys" was never married and has no native children. In 2013, she adopted a brother and sister from Ethiopia. However, the actress does not like to devote anyone to her personal life, and her children are only aware that one of them is now 10 years old, and another is 6.