Saturday, May 07, 2005

Local Story

Mother's Day blessings from China: Since China opened its borders less than 10 years ago to international adoptions, the United States has become the largest participant in Chinese adoptions, averaging 6,000 per year. Knox County is seeing its own population boom of families with adopted Chinese daughters. To date, there are at least a dozen families with 14 Chinese daughters, and more are on the way. Recently area mothers and their daughters gathered to discuss thier Mother's Day blessings from China.


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