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THE ELIOT-WELLCROFT FAMILY
Jackin Barnaby Wellcroft-Devereux 26, Historian
Jackin is just the latest in a long line of historians. His parents and grandparents before him were well known in the profession and he has always felt a certain burden to be as great as they were. However, he never really took interest in the typical wars and feuds that riddle history’s depths. Instead, he prefers to research the family dynamic, especially with adoption, through medical times. He is excited to adopt and join the ranks of ordinary citizens who decided to take on the role of parents and make room in their hearts and homes for children desperately in need of a home.
Three Hobbies: Jogging, Painting, Traveling
Three Character Traits: Introverted, Empathetic, Dedicated
Katherine May Eliot-Wellcroft 31, Interior Designer
After a whirlwind romance with her first college sweetheart left her broken hearted and three months pregnant, people who didn’t know Kat well might have thought she would develop a more negative outlook on life. How wrong would they have been! Kat bounced back from that setback, welcoming her son Peregrine with a cheerful attitude and all the verve of someone who thinks they have fate on their side. Now an interior designer, Kat loves her job and coming home (often with a fresh bouquet of wildflowers in hand) to a wonderful new husband and a loving son.
Three Hobbies: Sculpting, Painting, Traveling
Three Character Traits: Creative, Excitable, Stubborn
Peregrine Salvador “Pip” Eliot-Wellcroft 11, Middle School Student
Pip has grown up doted by his mother but also very aware of his unusual position, having a very young single mother. He started helping around the house as much as he could when he was quite young and he has learned to be supportive of his mother whenever possible, especially when it comes to dating. Kat was very nervous to commit to a relationship with Jackin at first, but Pip expressed his support and convinced her to follow her heart. He was overjoyed when his parents told him they were thinking of adopting and looks forward to taking the role of big brother.
Three Hobbies: Soccer, Painting, Cooking
Three Character Traits: Calm, Caring, Protective
Family Location: New York City, NY, USA
Family Languages: English.
Family Religions: Atheist.
Family Pets: None.
ADOPTION PROFILE
Domestic or international adoption? International. They don’t have a strong preference, but are leaning towards children from India, Africa, and South and Central America. Also, they would be open to taking in a refugee child. They would prefer if the children are from different countries.
Open or closed adoption? They’re open to either but are leaning towards a closed adoption.
Preferred Number of Children: 4.
Age Preference: They’ll be open to children 3 years old up through 10 years old and would prefer to have at least one younger (3-5) child and one older (8-10) child.
Gender Preference: They would like at least one of each gender.
Would the family be willing to adopt
—siblings? Yes. They would like to adopt two siblings but would prefer the other two children are not related to one another or the sibling pair.
—twins or triplets? Yes. They would like it if the sibling pair was a pair of twins.
—pregnant teen mothers? They are willing to make an exception to the 10 and under rule if a teen mother really needs a home, especially if said mother has a younger sibling 10 and under and the two would be the desired sibling pair. Also, in that case they would only want 2 other children because 4 children plus a baby would be too much.
—teen mothers with children? Yes, see response above. They would also be open to adopting teen fathers if they were the caregivers to their children.
—children with allergies? Yes.
—children with disabilities? Yes, minor disabilities would be accepted but not preferred. They would also like to limit the disabled children to one or two, as too many would be difficult to deal with.
—children with illnesses? If the illness is possibly fatal, no. Minor curable illnesses are acceptable.
Other Relevant Requests: They would prefer the children are not devout religious and if they are able to speak a little bit of English, especially if they are older.
Jackin Barnaby Wellcroft-Devereux 26, Historian
Jackin is just the latest in a long line of historians. His parents and grandparents before him were well known in the profession and he has always felt a certain burden to be as great as they were. However, he never really took interest in the typical wars and feuds that riddle history’s depths. Instead, he prefers to research the family dynamic, especially with adoption, through medical times. He is excited to adopt and join the ranks of ordinary citizens who decided to take on the role of parents and make room in their hearts and homes for children desperately in need of a home.
Three Hobbies: Jogging, Painting, Traveling
Three Character Traits: Introverted, Empathetic, Dedicated
Katherine May Eliot-Wellcroft 31, Interior Designer
After a whirlwind romance with her first college sweetheart left her broken hearted and three months pregnant, people who didn’t know Kat well might have thought she would develop a more negative outlook on life. How wrong would they have been! Kat bounced back from that setback, welcoming her son Peregrine with a cheerful attitude and all the verve of someone who thinks they have fate on their side. Now an interior designer, Kat loves her job and coming home (often with a fresh bouquet of wildflowers in hand) to a wonderful new husband and a loving son.
Three Hobbies: Sculpting, Painting, Traveling
Three Character Traits: Creative, Excitable, Stubborn
Peregrine Salvador “Pip” Eliot-Wellcroft 11, Middle School Student
Pip has grown up doted by his mother but also very aware of his unusual position, having a very young single mother. He started helping around the house as much as he could when he was quite young and he has learned to be supportive of his mother whenever possible, especially when it comes to dating. Kat was very nervous to commit to a relationship with Jackin at first, but Pip expressed his support and convinced her to follow her heart. He was overjoyed when his parents told him they were thinking of adopting and looks forward to taking the role of big brother.
Three Hobbies: Soccer, Painting, Cooking
Three Character Traits: Calm, Caring, Protective
Family Location: New York City, NY, USA
Family Languages: English.
Family Religions: Atheist.
Family Pets: None.
ADOPTION PROFILE
Domestic or international adoption? International. They don’t have a strong preference, but are leaning towards children from India, Africa, and South and Central America. Also, they would be open to taking in a refugee child. They would prefer if the children are from different countries.
Open or closed adoption? They’re open to either but are leaning towards a closed adoption.
Preferred Number of Children: 4.
Age Preference: They’ll be open to children 3 years old up through 10 years old and would prefer to have at least one younger (3-5) child and one older (8-10) child.
Gender Preference: They would like at least one of each gender.
Would the family be willing to adopt
—siblings? Yes. They would like to adopt two siblings but would prefer the other two children are not related to one another or the sibling pair.
—twins or triplets? Yes. They would like it if the sibling pair was a pair of twins.
—pregnant teen mothers? They are willing to make an exception to the 10 and under rule if a teen mother really needs a home, especially if said mother has a younger sibling 10 and under and the two would be the desired sibling pair. Also, in that case they would only want 2 other children because 4 children plus a baby would be too much.
—teen mothers with children? Yes, see response above. They would also be open to adopting teen fathers if they were the caregivers to their children.
—children with allergies? Yes.
—children with disabilities? Yes, minor disabilities would be accepted but not preferred. They would also like to limit the disabled children to one or two, as too many would be difficult to deal with.
—children with illnesses? If the illness is possibly fatal, no. Minor curable illnesses are acceptable.
Other Relevant Requests: They would prefer the children are not devout religious and if they are able to speak a little bit of English, especially if they are older.
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Please welcome Benjamin, León, Anjali & Ritu!
Please welcome Benjamin Kipruto, León Felipe, Anjali Devika & Ritu Indira!
Benjamin Kipruto is a nine years old boy from Kenya. He has been living in the orphanage his whole life after he was found on the doorsteps one morning without as much as a note. The caregivers are therefore not exactly sure of his birth date but assume he was around six weeks old at that time. Benjamin is very kind, helpful but also very ambitious. While in orphanage he was often helping with the smaller kids and came up with many creative activities in their pastime. In the past few weeks since he was told he will be adopted into the USA, he has been working on his English and has already mastered the basics and is acquiring new words daily. He has been practicing long distance running in a hope to make it to the Olympics and earn some money, and according to his trainer was one of his most talented students, and would love to continue with the training also in his new family.
León Felipe is a eight years old boy from Honduras. Then an infant he has been miraculously found unharmed but without his parents after the damaging floods in 2008. The authorities expect his parents were two of many victims of the floods. In the orphanage he has been given the name León Felipe and it fits him very well. León is very determined and strong willed. He is a very good student and has been fascinated by planes ever since he saw one. He wants to become a pilot, this dream however has a few cracks as León had problem with his heart since he was a baby. Later it was discovered that one of his heart valves is damaged, but for financial reasons he never had it corrected. León speaks limited English.
Anjali Devika & Ritu Indira are three years old twin girls from India. They've been given up for adoption right after their birth as their parents already had six older children at home and couldn't take care of two more. Despite their fate they are lively and happy girls and you can often see them running around giggling together. They haven't gotten many toys in the orphanage, but they have a little plush bunny that always sleeps between them and whom they carry around all the time. Neither of the girls speaks English at the moment.
Please let us know how Benjamin, León, Anjali and Ritu are doing in their new family.
Please welcome Benjamin Kipruto, León Felipe, Anjali Devika & Ritu Indira!
Benjamin Kipruto is a nine years old boy from Kenya. He has been living in the orphanage his whole life after he was found on the doorsteps one morning without as much as a note. The caregivers are therefore not exactly sure of his birth date but assume he was around six weeks old at that time. Benjamin is very kind, helpful but also very ambitious. While in orphanage he was often helping with the smaller kids and came up with many creative activities in their pastime. In the past few weeks since he was told he will be adopted into the USA, he has been working on his English and has already mastered the basics and is acquiring new words daily. He has been practicing long distance running in a hope to make it to the Olympics and earn some money, and according to his trainer was one of his most talented students, and would love to continue with the training also in his new family.
León Felipe is a eight years old boy from Honduras. Then an infant he has been miraculously found unharmed but without his parents after the damaging floods in 2008. The authorities expect his parents were two of many victims of the floods. In the orphanage he has been given the name León Felipe and it fits him very well. León is very determined and strong willed. He is a very good student and has been fascinated by planes ever since he saw one. He wants to become a pilot, this dream however has a few cracks as León had problem with his heart since he was a baby. Later it was discovered that one of his heart valves is damaged, but for financial reasons he never had it corrected. León speaks limited English.
Anjali Devika & Ritu Indira are three years old twin girls from India. They've been given up for adoption right after their birth as their parents already had six older children at home and couldn't take care of two more. Despite their fate they are lively and happy girls and you can often see them running around giggling together. They haven't gotten many toys in the orphanage, but they have a little plush bunny that always sleeps between them and whom they carry around all the time. Neither of the girls speaks English at the moment.
Please let us know how Benjamin, León, Anjali and Ritu are doing in their new family.
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It’s been two years since the Eliot-Wellcroft family grew by four, and everyone is pretty much settled in.
When they first adopted the twins, Kat and Jackin had a long discussion about their names. At three, the girls were young enough for a name change not to be much of a problem and their new parents thought they might fit better into their new home if they had new names. After a lot of thought they decided to give them new short first names that mean “loved” and they kept their birth middle names to honor the girls’ heritage. Anjali is now Kara Devika Eliot-Wellcroft and Ritu is now Esme Indira Eliot-Wellcroft. Their new names fit them perfectly and Kat and Jackin are glad that they have ties to American pop culture through their names.
The twins have really profited from having their older siblings; they’re doted on constantly and they’re often read to two or more times a day as Benjamin and León read to learn English. Although they both still play with their bunny from the orphanage and they treasure the toy, they now have as many toys as they want, many of them gifts from their brothers, and they also particularly enjoy playing imaginary games together. Kara heard that Supergirl shares her name and now aspires to be a hero, dressing up and “saving” the toy houses from Esme, who acts like a different type of monster each time. So far Esme is the more social of the two, while Kara is exuberant around her family but shy around others. No matter what, they’re each other’s best friends and they always will be.
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León struggled to connect with his new family at first, feeling stubbornly opposed to this American family that had plucked him from his life in Honduras, but Kat is stubborn as well and his opposition and her determination soon drew a battle of wills. Obviously, Kat won after a while and they bonded over the experience. Jackin also helped to make León more comfortable, showing him his research into adoption and explaining the family’s reasoning for taking León and his new siblings in. Now, looking back, León is glad he had his doubts because they drew him closer to his new parents and helped him to understand everything he was going through.
When they first adopted the twins, Kat and Jackin had a long discussion about their names. At three, the girls were young enough for a name change not to be much of a problem and their new parents thought they might fit better into their new home if they had new names. After a lot of thought they decided to give them new short first names that mean “loved” and they kept their birth middle names to honor the girls’ heritage. Anjali is now Kara Devika Eliot-Wellcroft and Ritu is now Esme Indira Eliot-Wellcroft. Their new names fit them perfectly and Kat and Jackin are glad that they have ties to American pop culture through their names.
The twins have really profited from having their older siblings; they’re doted on constantly and they’re often read to two or more times a day as Benjamin and León read to learn English. Although they both still play with their bunny from the orphanage and they treasure the toy, they now have as many toys as they want, many of them gifts from their brothers, and they also particularly enjoy playing imaginary games together. Kara heard that Supergirl shares her name and now aspires to be a hero, dressing up and “saving” the toy houses from Esme, who acts like a different type of monster each time. So far Esme is the more social of the two, while Kara is exuberant around her family but shy around others. No matter what, they’re each other’s best friends and they always will be.
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León struggled to connect with his new family at first, feeling stubbornly opposed to this American family that had plucked him from his life in Honduras, but Kat is stubborn as well and his opposition and her determination soon drew a battle of wills. Obviously, Kat won after a while and they bonded over the experience. Jackin also helped to make León more comfortable, showing him his research into adoption and explaining the family’s reasoning for taking León and his new siblings in. Now, looking back, León is glad he had his doubts because they drew him closer to his new parents and helped him to understand everything he was going through.
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