Adoption Facts

A famous comparison claims radio took 38 years to reach 50 million users, television took 13 years, and the World Wide Web just 4 years—though these widely-cited numbers from a Morgan Stanley report lack precise methodology, they illustrate a real trend of accelerating technology adoption.

Cat families usually play best in even numbers. Cats and kittens should be acquired in pairs whenever possible!

Darryl "DMC" McDaniels of Run-DMC did not learn he was adopted until he was 35. He had spent his first months in foster care before being adopted. After learning the truth, DMC co-founded Camp Felix in 2006, a summer camp built just for foster kids. Twenty years later, it still gives kids canoe trips and campfires they might not otherwise get.

A 5-year-old boy in Michigan spent over a year in foster care. When his adoption day came, he invited his entire kindergarten class to the courthouse. Every one showed up holding handmade heart signs. Each classmate told the judge why they loved Michael. When the judge asked how he felt, he turned to his new father and said: "I love my daddy." Then they slammed the gavel together.

Alan Naiman earned $67,200 a year as a social worker. He wore shoes held together with duct tape and bought clothes at the grocery store. When he died at 63, his coworkers discovered he had quietly saved nearly $11 million and left most of it to children's charities.

Kyle Adler was stolen from his mother in Chile as a baby and raised in America under a false name. A DNA test through MyHeritage matched him to Ana Maria Navarrete in Santiago. On Valentine's Day 2026, he walked off a plane in Chile - and she was waiting. She had spent 35 years looking for him.