61.   First, they had to prepare to demonstrate their suitability as adoptive parents for both the American adoption agency and for the Brazilians.

62.   For adoptive parents Angel and Stephen Welsh, the only parents Emily has known, the ruling gave them hope the case may finally be over.

63.   For many adoptive parents, some of whom will gather for a special ceremony, it will be one of the best days of the year.

64.   For many adoptive parents, the nightmare is that their children will want to return to the women who carried them.

65.   For many adoptive parents, some of whom will gather at Faneuil Hall for a special ceremony, it will be one of the best days of the year.

66.   Gina said she used to blame her adoptive parents.

67.   Gilpatrick has not told her adoptive parents of her search, for fear it might cause them pain.

68.   Handling the feelings they provoke is part of the unique challenge of being an adoptive parent.

69.   Haralson said her agency has had terrible experiences with children from Russia and Romania, with many of them unable to bond with their adoptive parents.

70.   He looked nothing like his adoptive parents.