All news on the topic: Adoption

Tony’s father Anthony Smith and birth mum Jody Simpson were jailed for 10 years for abusing him so badly he needed both legs amputating and now Smith seeks prison release

Lori Vallow and husband Chad Daybell have been accused of three murders including Daybell's wife and Vallow's two children. Prosecutors have said the mum began to believe their children were Satanic 'zombies'

People rushed to defend the allergy sufferer when he explained his reasons for finding new homes for the cats his girlfriend had rescued from the side of the road

A woman admitted that she was devastated when she accidentally ruined her gender reveal for herself - but she also admitted she was gutted at the gender of her unborn child

Hollywood actress Mia Farrow was forced to delete a tweet after sparking huge complaints with her comments about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

Mollie Hull, 20, had been obese since she was 10 years, weighing 29 stone at her heaviest - but after undergoing a gastric sleeve op in Egypt she's shed 11 stone

The Western State asylum in Staunton Virginia, US, is cloaked in scandal after introducing new and dangerous treatments including fever therapy, prefrontal lobotomies and Metrazol injections

A man has taken to Reddit to share how his world came crashing down after discovering his older sister is actually his biological mother - only learning the truth after his 'mum's' death

Steven Hydes, 37, was only ten days old when he was found in a ladies toilet at Gatwick Airport by a duty-free sales assistant and now he has been reunited with his birth family

Originally, donors were told any children would only ever know general information about them, but in April 2005, updated rules meant their identities could be revealed

The trial is underway of Lori Vallow Daybell in relation to the deaths of two of her children, JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan, as well as the death of her husband Chad Daybell's first wife, Tammy Daybell

From April 10, millions of Brits on benefits and Universal Credit will receive a payment boost to keep in line with September's inflation rate of 10.1% - read the full list here

Eminem's child Stevie has revealed she found out about their birth father via online news articles after the hit rapper and his former partner had adopted them

A mum has taken to Reddit to share how her son wants to change his name after seeing how strangers react to it - and is asking social media users for their suggestions

A woman has shared her despair after a DNA kit revealed her boyfriend of six years to actually be her biological brother, admitting she doesn't know where to go from here

Lee Langton and Stephen Dearden meet for first time on new BBC show Reunion Hotel, yet their paths had crossed before.

Lori Vallow Daybell is set to go on trial accused of the murder of Tylee Ran and JJ Vallow, whose bodies were found in a pet cemetery on the property of 'doomsday cult leader' husband Chad Daybell

Naked Attraction host Anna Richardson has bravely opened up on her ectopic pregnancy which left her with a scar she is still 'conscious' of 30 years later

In this week's Pet Club, pooches Diesel and Skye have a talent for tracking down missing pets, a rescue dog is raising money for charity and three kittens were found abandoned in a cardboard box

Quran McCain, 25, married 62-year-old Cheryl McGregor after meeting her when working in her son's fast-food restaurant - and now wants to start a family with her through surrogacy

A woman is devastated by her mother's betrayal as she kept her father's identity from her for years - now the mum is being 'completely unhelpful' with helping her daughter find the truth

The prosecution believe Toddlers Orrin and Orson were killed months before adoptive dad Trezell West called the police to say they had gone missing while playing in the backyard

Influencer Arthur O Urso is currently 'married' to six different women and has told of how he hopes to expand his family with each of them, because he doesn't want to make them upset by choosing just one

Marina Balmasheva, 37, already has a daughter with Vladimir Shavyrin, now 23, who she raised from the age of seven after first being married to his father, Alexey Shavyrin, 47, who now cares for their five adopted children

A man has been reunited with his long lost daughter thanks to an at-home DNA testing kit - and is grateful to have been welcomed into her life with open arms