You don't have to be brother and sister, you can also become one - as the book As brothers and sisters shows. It also allows a forgotten group to speak: the biological children in adoptive or foster families, who have their own problems.

Language can sometimes be revealing. For example, for Jadrickson (16) Koen (17) is just his big brother. And for Koen, Jadrickson is just as naturally his brother. But Koen's older sister, who has already left home, he calls his foster sister again. While Jadrickson is actually a foster brother too, but calling him that feels too distant. Koen: “We grew up together. Jadrickson came here every other weekend since I was five. I have a different kind of connection with him than with friends or with my foster sister; more familiar, more natural. I don't think it would feel any different if he were a biological brother. No, that would really be the same.”

Jelmar (17) and his adoptive sister Yulotte (15) also sometimes run into language issues. That's how people ask Jelmar: isn't that your 'real' sister? And when it comes to the other two Chinese adoptive girls in their family: are they all 'real' sisters? Jelmar: “That word 'real' feels judgmental and not so respectful – if I'm honest. Like having real and fake sisters. To me they feel like real sisters, but people don't mean it that way. We are not biologically related, no.” Yulotte adds: “That 'real thing' gives a certain distrustful feeling. Like it's not quite right. While: I've spent almost my entire life with this brother, what would be fake about that?"

When we think of a brother-sister relationship, we naturally think of two people who share the same parents and the same gene package. But you can also feel like brother and sister if you don't have that biological relationship, as the book Like brothers and sisters – growing up together in an adoptive or foster family shows.

Jelmar and Yulotte. Image Photo: Lilian van Rooij

Clad in black and bursting with happiness, Jamila Qadir tightly hugs a baby girl wrapped in a white sheet. The child is bright pink and her head appears large in proportion to her scrawny little arms and legs that jerk back and forth. Qadir gently rocks her with one hand and tries to feed her from a bottle with the other.

Together, they made the perfect picture of mother and daughter.

Qadir seems unsure of how to express how much joy the child has filled her with; it is the first time her house has been transformed into a family home. She had been desperately wanting a child for more than 15 years, and her dream has finally come true through her new adopted daughter. In the space of a single minute, she kisses her baby girl more than ten times.

Over a decade of built-up anger and distress have now melted away with the child’s arrival, she says, remarking that she would otherwise by dead.

Their bond seems as strong as that between any parent and their biological child.

A total of 2,431 families want to adopt children, while there are only 161 children available for adoption in Georgia, reports local media outlet Interpressnews (IPN).

The Agency for State Care and Assistance For the [Statutory] Victims of Human Trafficking told IPN that 125 of the 161 children have severe disabilities.

The agency also notes that by June 2021 seven adoption cases had been successfully completed in the country. One of the seven was a child with disabilities.

An individual wishing to adopt a child must be a permanent resident of Georgia.

The age difference between the adoptive parent and a child must not be less than 16 years.

A week after registration of FIR against a Meerut-based couple for their involvement in illegal adoption of a Karnal woman’s child last year, the Karnal police have failed to reunite mother with her son

A week after registration of FIR against a Meerut-based couple for their involvement in illegal adoption of a Karnal woman’s child last year, the Karnal police have failed to reunite mother with her son.

Jyoti, 28, who is a farm labourer living in a rented accommodation with her two kids in Kunjpura, has alleged that police is not taking the issue seriously.

“A week has passed since registration of the FIR but no efforts were made to bring my child back,” she alleged. “Since the last nine months, I am forced to live away from my son,” she added.

As per the FIR, Jyoti alleged that on September 18 last year, her baby was taken from her by a Meerut-based doctor couple on pretext of giving him better treatment as he was facing respiratory problems.

Adoptions from abroad may continue when it comes to brothers and sisters of children who have already been placed in the Netherlands. Intercountry adoptions have been suspended, but an exception will be made for this group, the outgoing minister Sander Dekker (Legal Protection) has decided after a question about this from the SGP in the House of Representatives.

In a letter to the House, Dekker writes that he considers the importance of placing brothers and sisters together very important, because "this protects the original family relationship between brothers and sisters as far as possible". He does point out, however, that the usual rules and conditions for an adoption procedure do apply in these situations.

Dekker suspended the adoption of children from abroad in February after an alarming report from a committee that had investigated the adoption system. This revealed serious and structural abuses, such as child trafficking, fraud and corruption. Because this could possibly still be the case, Dekker immediately stopped the adoptions.

An adjustment of the adoption system is currently being considered. The number of adoptions has steadily declined over the past thirty years. In the 1980s there were still more than 1,000 adopted children each year, in 2019 there were only 145.

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Kolkata: Cops at Bowbazar police station have registered an

FIR against fake adoption posts on under

the stringent IT Act, Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of

Children) Act and the Disaster Management Act. A special

team has been formed to probe the case.

Jagatsinghpur, June 23: An adopted son and daughter have allegedly killed their mother over illicit affair between them at Bandar village in Jagatsinghpur on Tuesday.

Bandar police has seized the woman’s body wrapped with polythene bag and nabbed the two accused from the spot.

The deceased has been identified as Rumila Kandi(60) whereas the two accused are Rajesh Kandi and his beloved one.

Sources said, Rumila Knandi had adopted Rajesh Kandi as her son. However, one of Rumila’s married daughters was staying with her since long.

Meanwhile, Rumila spotted the illegal affairs between Rajesh and her daughter and opposed it strongly. As a result, Rajesh and his lover decided to get rid of Rumila.

FOLEY, Ala. (WKRG) – Jen and Andy Bengel are growing their family and are ready to bring their 4-year-old adopted son, Moses, home from Uganda. The journey hasn’t been easy.

“We got an email from the United States Embassy that said we are no longer doing any visa application. We are temporarily stopping all visa applications,” said Jen Bengel.

That’s because last week on June 18th the country imposed new lockdown restrictions as the number of COVID-19 cases climb. Schools, non-essential travel and public gatherings have all been put on pause. The lockdown is reported to last up to 45 days. The Bengels say the U.S. Embassy is also closed during the lockdown.

The adoption process began 17 months ago, and while Jen is back home in Baldwin County with the couple’s other children, Andy is stuck in Uganda waiting to bring Moses back to the states. She left the country in April when they believed everyone would be returning home just a short time later.

“It’s been 9 weeks now since I’ve seen my son and it’s been really hard,” she added.

The guidelines also say that before declaring a child abandoned or orphan and available for adoption, the committee will make efforts and an inquiry to trace parents or guardians.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi government has decided to allow individuals, institutions or groups to temporarily adopt orphaned or abandoned children staying in its shelter homes.

For the first time, the State Children Protection Society (SCPS) of the department of women and child development has invited applications urging people to come forward to take responsibility for such children.

Any person, institution or group, willing to take care of a kid in need, can write to the member secretary of the society with social-cultural status, family composition, and financial capacity. The details are on the department’s website.

"Such provisions already existed in the Juvenile Justice (JJ) Act. This is our awareness campaign for child welfare committees (CWCs). After assessing the needs of the child and families, foster care may be allowed. For the first time, a public notice has been issued to invite people or organisations and make them aware of the arrangement. We have also issued a set of guidelines for the same as per the rules," said Rashmi Singh, director of the women and child development (WCD) department.

Central Florida family struggling with international adoption

Ian and Lisa Lord are trying to expand their family by adopting an 8-year-old girl living in Nigeria, but they're struggling with getting a visa for the little girl.

ORLANDO, Fla. - Ian and Lisa Lord are trying to expand their family by adopting an 8-year-old girl living in Nigeria.

Her name is Ivy.

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