Seven Siblings Adopted For Christmas

Seven siblings have been adopted into the same family just in time for Christmas.

Foster parents Terri and Michael Hawthorn swore they would never adopt when they began looking after children four years ago.

But after spending time with the brothers and sisters, they changed their minds, reports The Mirror.

The couple adopted siblings Korgen and Haizlee in April, then worked to adopt their five other siblings.

The adoptions were finalised on December 3 after the two brothers and five sisters had spent almost three years in foster care.

Before joining Terri and Michael, from Arkansas, in the US, the children spent a lot of time moving between different homes and schools.

They say they did not always have a bed to sleep in or food to eat, according to KTHV.

“The only times we got to eat is when our neighbours would sneak us a bag of chips,” Kyndal said.

“We didn’t have a can opener, and they’d give us the cans that we didn’t know how to open. So sometimes we just didn’t eat.

“This has been the best Christmas I could ever have, actually knowing I have a mum and dad.”

“When I got here I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, we get our own beds,’” Layna said.

“It feels so great knowing we have a family now and won’t have to go anywhere else,” Dawson, the oldest sibling, said.

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21 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 15 Jan 2023
    9:28 am
And what a home filled with love they must have. How awesome.

- - mom111059 said
  - 16 Jan 2019
    11:13 pm
That’s a wonderful family. Very happy for them all.

- - becstalou said
  - 26 Dec 2018
    4:11 pm
It takes special people to take on this many kids so good on them and I hope they are all now happy and find some peace.

- - ella12 said
  - 23 Dec 2018
    11:13 pm
Now that is a lovely heartwarming story, so nice that the kids are altogether.

- - Ellen said
  - 23 Dec 2018
    3:08 am
Beautiful ! So good they’re are and will stay together.

- - Blossom said
  - 21 Dec 2018
    4:14 pm
It sounds as though the welfare system has a few flaws in it if some of the children were starving hungry part of the time.
Congratulations to the couple who adopted these children. Congratulations to the children. I’m so happy they will now be together permanently, just in time for Christmas.
Look how many birthdays they couple will have to remember. I reckon they’ll need a diary
- Ellen replied
  
  28 Dec 2018 , 7:50 am
  Of course the welfare system has some flaws. Like us they are just people who act on the reporting of the community.
- - sars_angelchik said
  - 21 Dec 2018
    8:38 am
what beautiful people!

- - littlehandsofmine said
  - 21 Dec 2018
    7:05 am
That’s really great news! What kind people.

- - tessie said
  - 20 Dec 2018
    9:30 pm
Such a heart warming Christmas story. Congratulations to all

- - MummaToFive said
  - 20 Dec 2018
    9:16 pm
Awww this is absolutely beautiful!! They will get to have a real Christmas with their siblings and their new mum and dad!!

- - youngoldlady said
  - 20 Dec 2018
    8:14 pm
It is very rare to see sibling of this amount being adopted into the one family. They are very lucky and now will know true love.

- - BellaB said
  - 20 Dec 2018
    4:32 pm
Wonderful for the kds, generous of their new parents.

- - nealsq said
  - 20 Dec 2018
    10:09 am
Congratulations on your new family!! Best present ever!

- - MuthaNita said
  - 20 Dec 2018
    8:08 am
Such a sad story, I’m happy to hear that they’ll be together for good now. Makes me so angry that anyone would let children starve like that.

- - mom290396 said
  - 19 Dec 2018
    9:26 pm
What an amazing couple. That’s the best Christmas gift ever. A family.

- - mom90758 said
  - 19 Dec 2018
    8:40 pm
Oh my. The kids must be so happy. All together. Amazing!

- - rnash02 said
  - 19 Dec 2018
    8:27 pm
Amazing story, very lucky kids

- - Mum2archer said
  - 19 Dec 2018
    3:00 pm
This is an amazing story, and I am so very happy for the family. I love hearing good news stories like this with happy endings

- - mom112217 said
  - 19 Dec 2018
    1:03 pm
A wonderful story,l wish them all the best for the future!

- - Cookfromscratchmum said
  - 19 Dec 2018
    11:57 am
How beautiful and what a great story and how kind are those foster parents that they joined the siblings together and adopted them all so touching