In 1970, 40 percent of married-couple households had biological children. In 2000, than number dropped to 24 percent. What is increasing, however, is the number of married-couple families whose children are adopted from various cultures and ethnic backgrounds.

"The number of American families saying 'yes' to transracial adoptions amounts to a whole revolution in adoption… Besides societal changes in America, the trend in oversees adoption has been influenced by world events, such as the fall of the Berlin Wall, which revealed large numbers of children in orphanages needing homes, and the Chinese one-child policy, which led to the abandonment of baby girls..."

International adoptions can take longer, and are often more expensive, but more couples are willing now to endure the wait and the expense than ever before. Read more at Newsday.com.

Labels: international, multi-cultural, trans-racial