12 Orphans to be Adopted by American Families

Twelve orphans will finally be adopted by American families after the Haitian government approved the process this week. Rosemary Macray, spokeswoman for the State Department, announced that the children have been living in a Roman Catholic institution near Pittsburgh since the earthquake in January.

Over the next two weeks the children will be matched with qualified families in the US. These children were airlifted out of Haiti after the disaster, however, some legal experts are saying that they should not have been removed from the country since their parents were still alive. Yet further reports show that the parents were interviewed by US officials and had formally relinquished custody.

All twelve children, age two to twelve-years-old, have been living at the Holy Family Institute in Emsworth, Pennsylvania since the earthquake. Among them there are four sets of siblings, all of whom found adoptive families where they could remain together.

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