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I’ve also got a birth son who’s grown up and I don’t’ feel any differently towards these 2 than I do to him not in the slightest there’s absolutely no difference. ”

Kerry and Amerjeet, 40 and 34

Other people answering Do you think you can love an adopted child in the same way people love a birth child?

  • Video by Collette and Adam

    “ I can honestly say hand on heart we do love him as much as we do our own. Obviously in certain ways because of their ages, one will drive you mad one day, and one will drive you mad the next, but the bottom line is they are loved both the same definitel”

    Collette and Adam, 41 and 39

  • Video by Segun and Seyi

    “Yeah right now I would say without any doubt in my mind that I can love them both – I don’t love our adopted son any differently”

    Segun and Seyi , 47 and 39

  • Video by Avril

    “I think that love is… a thing that is special for each person. And it doesn’t, to me, as a foster carer, as an adopter and as a birth mother, I’ve loved each child for who they are. ”

    Avril, 57

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