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*Six Ohio foster siblings found themselves a home without being broken up, TheRoot reports.
The family that adopted the siblings are making headlines because they are black and the siblings are white.
The judge in the case noted that as long as he has been on the bench doing family law he’d never seen six siblings being adopted by one family.
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Cincinnati parents Christopher and Christina Sanders said when they opened their home to foster children, they made a deal.
“We made an agreement,” says Christina. “Whoever we’d get, we would keep ‘em and not send them to different houses.”
The Sanders officially adopted Coby, 16, Christian, 14, Caleb, 13, Caylee, 12, Carson, 10, and Chloe, 9, at the Hamilton County Adoption Court on April 27; they had been fostering the children in their 6-bedroom home since 2014.
The adopted children reportedly changed their names to be of one accord with the family.
“Everyone in our family has the initials CMS, and the kids, without us knowing, asked their case worker if they could change their names to match our initials!” says Christopher. “She said ‘Yes you can.’ ”
The couple has five biological children — Christopher, 19 (at college), Cameron, 14, Caden, 12, Chad, 10 and Caitlyn, 9.
Despite the expected stares that they receive when out in public, the family told People mag they rarely receive negative comments.
“People on social media will say ‘With so many black children in need of adoption, why not adopt black children?’ ” says Christopher. “But it has never been an issue for me and my wife.
Christina says she makes it a point to spend “mommy and me time” with each of her kids.
“I make sure to spend time with each of them,” she says. “Sometimes we go to a nursing home and pass out treats or we’ll go shopping. It’s important to take an interest in each child so they know they are all loved equally.”
The family’s grandmother started a GoFund me to raise money for a 15-passenger van. To contribute visit this link.
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