Institute Brazilian of Adoptions

“Click the video, take a tissue and prepare to cry.”

Quebrando o Tabu

“What a beautiful thing !”

Malu and Joaquim. The couple adopted the three biological sisters.

“All the time we did not have is here, on this album.”

Each family received a custom made album, with illustrations representing important moments of childhood crossing with important moments of their lives. The families were chosen because each represents another dificulty of late adoption: the Abib Kern family, for example, adopted three adorable little sisters. It’s not common in adoption for parents to adopt such a large number of siblings (adopt only one sibling is discouraged but not prohibited).

The Montefusco Pereira da Silva family adopted one daughter, Sabrina, who already had her other siblings adopted by different families. Few years later, they adopted another daughter, Ketelyn, making them adoptive sisters.

It’s not common for a flate adoption family, to adopt another children after the first one, specially if they are not related.