16 celebrities who have children of the heart and are inspiration for those who want to adopt

Currently, according to a study by the CNJ (National Council of Justice), there are more than 31,600 potential fathers and mothers in different parts of Brazil and around 5,500 children available for adoption. And in all of these real numbers we see stories of children finding lots of love in their new foster homes.

At the awesome.club You will see a list of celebrities who have decided, for a wide variety of reasons, to adopt children and report how beautiful and rewarding it is to be parents in their hearts and souls. Come with us and be inspired by this wave of love.

Glória Maia insisted on having all the formalities of the law fulfilled. Despite not thinking about having children or adopting before, she confesses that the girls have changed their way of seeing this. She initially fell in love with Maria and, when she found out that the little one had a sister, she was enchanted by Laura: “I felt that they were always mine, my soul, my heart and I think even my womb in another life”.

Drica tried to get pregnant and even tried insemination, but it didn’t work. She who always dreamed of having several children, after 7 years of trying, joined the queue and at 39 adopted Mateus. “There is no difference between a biological and an adopted child, love is built day by day. Anyone who wants to become a mother should join as soon as possible. I waited for 4 years”, says the actress.

Elba already had Luã Mattar and decided to increase the offspring. For this, she adopted Maria Paula, Maria Clara and Maria Esperança. She says that there is no difference in the treatment of an adopted or biological child, she talks about the concern and passion for the 4. Elba confesses that having a big family only brought happiness and encourages other people to do the same.

Regina adopted Roque in 2013 along with her husband, director and screenwriter Estevão Ciavatta, when the boy was only 5 months old. The artist is also the mother of Bendita, the biological daughter of a previous relationship. Roque arrived after 8 years in the waiting line, but the presenter says it was worth it: “It was the most wonderful thing that could have happened to us”, she confesses.

Thalita, who played Gorete in “Segundo Sol”, released photos with her son Bento. The actress went through the normal rules of every candidate for adoption and declared that family is not just made up of biological ties, but unconditional and genuine love. She declared her love for her son on her social networks: “To think you love a son because he has the same hair, nose, blood, skin, genetic structure, is to condition his love”.

Léo Maia is the son of Tim Maia’s girlfriend, Maria de Jesus Gomes da Silva, but the singer didn’t mind taking on the son who wasn’t biologically his. The son told in an interview that his father had a huge heart and that he even took care of an orphanage, without ever disclosing it, because he loved children.

Solange, former lead singer of the band Aviões do Forró, says she had an abortion at age 17 and, at 18, signed up for an adoption queue. At 20, and even though she was single, she was gifted with her daughter Sabrina. that came to her as a newborn, as a way to compensate for the loss. Despite being very private about her personal life, she says that God has blessed her with the girl.

Many people accompanied Fernanda’s pregnancy. She even showed everything in the series “Mamãe Gentil”, shown on TV Globo, but few know about her “second child”. Lucas is Fernanda’s godson and the son of an uncle. The little one’s mother died of cancer when he was 1 and a half years old. Therefore, she took on the boy’s upbringing and shares responsibilities with her uncle, who is the boy’s biological father.

Fernanda was, since she was a little girl, sure that she would adopt. Later, her husband supported her. So in 2006 they thought about putting the plan into practice and in 2007 they got the paperwork done. In early 2008, Catarina arrived home. In 2009, it was John Gopala’s turn to be adopted by the couple. “I realized the intensity, the indescribable connection of not being able to live without those people anymore”, says the author and screenwriter.

Astrid adopted Gabriel when he was only 3 and a half months old. The famous account that it took her almost a year before she could have the first contact with her son while the process was going on. Even though she separated from her husband and engaged months later in a new relationship, she did not give up on adoption. The journalist says that when she held him for the first time, she could only say: “It’s my little boy! It’s my little boy!”

Gal Costa adopted Gabriel in 2007. Before, she had already tried to get pregnant, but due to the diagnosis of obstruction in the tubes, she was never able to have a biological child. That’s why she decided, after listening to the advice of her mother and friend Glória Maria, to adopt a child at the age of 60. “Children are the best thing in the world. He changed my routine, my life. Today, I am a happier person,” she said.

Sílvia is the adopted daughter of the couple Sílvio Santos and Cidinha, who entered the family when she was just 3 days old. She learned that she was adopted around age 8, when she overheard her sisters talking about it and went to ask her parents. She told on Eliana’s program that, after she found out, she thought about looking for her biological family, but gave up. “What matters is who raised me, who gave me affection, who gave me attention”.

Leandra and her husband Alê Youseff adopted Julia in June 2016, and obtained her permanent custody in December of the same year. The actress says that, in fact, she was adopted by the girl. The actress says that her life and routine changed with the arrival of the little one, now 4 years old. When she talks to the girl about adoption, she explains: “… you adopted me, we adopted each other”, she says.

The actress and her husband, the illuminator Orlando Schaider, took a year and seven months to get Manoel definitively adopted. She says that her biological clock “took” and the desire to be a mother surfaced, but she had no interest in insemination. The actress says that she wanted a baby soon, so adoption was a choice that fit well. She claims she had no doubt: it was love at first sight.

Actress Alexandra adopted Gabriela when the girl was only 3 years old (she is currently 17). She told in an interview that she always wanted to be an adoptive mother and says that adopting her daughter was a divine encounter. “When we studied the family tree issue, I said: baby girl, there is the DNA of the soul, which is as important as genes and chromosomes”, explains Alexandra.

The couple adopted Chissomo, better known as Titi, in 2016 when they went to do a story in Africa. There, they visited an orphan shelter in Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi, in 2015. The couple had gone to the place at the invitation of Domingão do Faustão to get to know up close the work of an American NGO with orphans and ended up falling in love with the girl, who today he is 5 years old.

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