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Background Information
Your Full Name and Age: Charlotte Rebecca Emmanuel, 48
Spouse's Full Name and Age: Gregory Theodore Hammel, 50
Your Occupation (and salary): Professor of Linguistics and Anthropology, Portsmouth Community College (65,000)
Spouse's Occupation (and salary): superintednent of Portsmouth schools (90,000)
Your Hair and Eye Colors: red hair, gray eyes
Spouse's Hair and Eye Colors: dark hair, green eyes
Country of Residence: USA
City/Area of Residence: Portsmouth, NH
Address: 12 Hazel Road
Dwelling: 5 bedroom, 3 bath victorian
Current Children (if any) and Ages: Milla Isabel (20), Isaac Ramond (18)
Children's Hair and Eye Colors: Milla- red hair, brown eyes, Isaac- brown/red hair, green eyes
Family Lifestyle: fairly active (hiking, etc), and we love to travel, especially internationally
Current Pets (if any) and Breeds: an American shorthair cat named Tabitha
Size of Extended Family: big, Charlotte has two sisters and a brother, Gregory has two brothers
Reason for wanting to adopt: We loved raising our first two children, and now that we are older and more stable financially, we would love to give a family life to children without one.

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Q & A
How many children are you looking to adopt (up to 7)?: three
How many boys are you looking to adopt?: one or two
Girls?: one or two
Are you looking to adopt an infant (under 3 months)?: no
A baby (3 months-1 year)?: no
A toddler (1 year-2 years)?: no
A preschooler (2 years-4 years)?:yes
A child (4 years-9 years)?: yes
A preteen (9 years-13 years)?: yes
A teenager (13 years-18 years)?: yes
Are you looking to adopt domestically?: yes
Internationally?: yes
>>>If so, which countries/nationalities would you consider adopting from?: any, romance, arabic, or asian language preferable
In Open Adoptions?: yes
In Handicapped Adoptions?: yes
>>>If so, what types of disabilities would you consider adopting?: any
>>>What severity of disabilities would you consider adopting?: mild or moderate, we would like a child who could travel with us
>>>Is there a specific age range of disabled children you would consider adopting?: same as for non-disabled

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Child Information
Would you consider adopting a child with mild allergies (ie pollen, asthma, rare food allergies)?: yes
Would you consider adopting a child with severe allergies (ie dust, bee stings, peanuts)?: yes, better if not food allergies
Do you prefer that adopted children look like you/your family?: absolutley no preference
Do you prefer that adopted children not look like you/your family?: no, see above
Will you consider adopting twins or triplets?: yes
Will you consider adopting large sibling groups (of 4+)?: no
Will you consider adopting small sibling groups (of 1-3)?: yes
For international adoptees, do you prefer your child to have an easy-to-pronounce name?: doens't matter
For international adoptees, do you prefer your child to have a name from your country?: doesn't matter
For international adoptees, must your child be fluent in your native language?: no
Are you looking to adopt a child with a special connection to a pet?
If so, what types of pets would you consider?: any pet is okay, but must be able to be put in a kennel ,or watched by neighbors during trips. no very large animals.

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Do you have any other specific requests for us?: no