I want an Asian girl, a Hispanic girl, an African boy, and a white (probably Ukrainian or Russian) boy. I don't care which countries they're from. I absolutely adore each of those ethnicities and/or the interesting cultures they have. But it turns out most Asian countries have the 30+ age restriction, as does Russia. As for Hispanic kids, the only countries that really have adoption programs are Guatemala, Mexico, and Colombia. One of them - I think Mexico - has the 30+ age restriction, Guatemala has stopped taking new applications, and Colombia has a backlog of like 3 years for a baby. Apparently the easiest/fastest country to adopt from now is Ethiopia. I definitely wouldn't mind an Ethiopian kid, but I just didn't foresee that being our first one. So there's nothing really wrong with it except that it's not according to my plan. LOL. But I really hope some of the other countries will loosen up in the next few years. Oh, and we want to start with a baby because we want to ease into being parents like everyone else gets to. After that though I think we will be fine adopting slightly older children.
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I want an Asian girl, a Hispanic girl, an African boy, and a white (probably Ukrainian or Russian) boy. I don't care which countries they're from. I absolutely adore each of those ethnicities and/or the interesting cultures they have. But it turns out most Asian countries have the 30+ age restriction, as does Russia. As for Hispanic kids, the only countries that really have adoption programs are Guatemala, Mexico, and Colombia. One of them - I think Mexico - has the 30+ age restriction, Guatemala has stopped taking new applications, and Colombia has a backlog of like 3 years for a baby. Apparently the easiest/fastest country to adopt from now is Ethiopia. I definitely wouldn't mind an Ethiopian kid, but I just didn't foresee that being our first one. So there's nothing really wrong with it except that it's not according to my plan. LOL. But I really hope some of the other countries will loosen up in the next few years. Oh, and we want to start with a baby because we want to ease into being parents like everyone else gets to. After that though I think we will be fine adopting slightly older children.