After six months of paperwork and eighteen months of waiting, a family in South Boston has been made complete. Chloe, a 15-month-old baby girl from China, has come home to her eagerly waiting adoptive parents.

"The People's Republic of China began a formal adoption program in 1990; 300 babies were adopted that year. The program has now grown to 12,000 adoptions a year..."

The eighteen-month wait was mainly due to the adoption process in China. The Chinese government carefully matches Chinese babies with American parents. But once they're notified of the match, the potential adoptive parents have just 72 hours to decide whether to accept it. Though the process was long and involved, new parents Claude and Nancy truly believe the Chinese government is doing its best to find homes for China's children. Read more at SouthBostonOnline.com.

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