The Goodness of America
Young Father of Five Adopted Children
A single man in Hamilton County, Ohio, adopted five siblings out of the foster care system on October 30 to ensure that they are not separated, as he was from his siblings as a child in the system.
Robert Carter, 29, was in the foster care system at age 12 and was not reunited with his own siblings until years later, when he was emancipated and was able to gain guardianship of his younger brother and custody of his younger sister. He was all too familiar with the heartache of separation.
Carter was already fostering three of the five siblings — brothers Robert, Giovanni, and Kiontae — but had made arrangements with the families fostering the two sisters — Marionna and Makayla — to get the children together for a visit. It was the first time the five children had seen each other in six months. At the end of the visit, the children became very distressed at having to separate, and Carter was moved to act.
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