Tag: adoption
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Howell mother welcomes four siblings to family on Adoption Day
On Adoption Day 2019, Sonya Middleton gave four siblings their forever home. Middleton, 47, has lived in Howell since 1992, and on Nov. 14, she adopted Makhi Zayden, 3, Ahdina Marline, 8, Eric Jaylin, 11, and Yazzmine Lorraine, 15, at the Monmouth Vicinage, Freehold. Middleton had been providing a foster home for the siblings, who…
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Edison man finds half sister through DNA test
EDISON – Adopted as an infant from an agency in Illinois and raised as an only child, Ben Turbitt is in the midst of a birth family journey, which has led him to a larger extended family across the United States. Turbitt, now 35, began the real push of the journey in his later 20s.…
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Monmouth County adoptive parents open their hearts and homes
A Freehold Borough couple have opened their hearts and house to give three children a permanent home. Karen Mitcham and Victoria Smith adopted two children, a 6-year-old girl and a 2-year-old boy, on Nov. 17 as part of Monmouth County’s 12th annual Adoption Day. The children were adopted through the New Jersey Division of Child…