Rudner and her husband adopted a daughter, Molly, in 2002.

Bohlen and her husband adopted a Vietnamese orphan in 1975, their own private attempt to right what they saw as a national wrong.

Lam and her second husband adopted two children from Taiwan.

She and her husband later adopted two children, Robert, now 17, and Christopher, 14.

She and her husband adopted a baby girl, whom they named Daisy.

Since 1977, a husband can also adopt his wife's surname.

She wants to get well so she and her husband can adopt.

In 1945, my father's sister and her husband adopted me.

Her new husband adopted both boys, giving them the name Pennington.

Her husband, Peter, later adopted a second dog to keep Sailor company; the couple took the dogs everywhere.