Explore adoption
Explore adoption
The right fit
Many women choose adoption because they want their baby to have a life they feel they can’t provide. If you make an adoption plan with Bethany, you’ll get to choose a family that’s a good fit for you and your child.
Will I stay in my baby's life?
You choose the family
Explore our waiting families and read bios to get to know them
You decide the relationship
Open or closed, you can discuss with a pregnancy counselor
You choose the communication level
You can guide the level you have with your child and their adoptive family
Find a family that fits
Donald and Amy
Hello! We are so pleased to share a glimpse into our family with you. We were blessed to bring our son Patrick into the world in 2021 and are eagerly seeking the opportunity to grow our family again. We have a wonderful family and friend network that shares our loves of travel, sports, food, City life, new experiences, and the outdoors. We are civically active and regularly engage in initiatives to help improve our community. Donald was baptized in the Baptist church as an adult and Amy was confirmed in the Roman Catholic church as a young person. We believe in the spiritual power of service to others, humility, kindness to strangers and unconditional love, as children of God.
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Johnathan and Laurel
Hello! Thank you for taking a look at our family as you consider the right decision for you and your child. After wrestling with infertility for several years, we are so excited to continue to grow our family through adoption. We had the wonderful opportunity to meet our first daughter, Evelyn, right after she was born in October of 2024. Shortly after, we formally adopted her in February of 2025. She has always been adventurous, curious, and full of life and energy. She's brave and daring and also a huge fan of showing love and care. Throughout our profile, we know we haven't shown very much of her face in our profile, a purposeful choice for protecting her, but hope we have also given some insight into our family world and her part in that. We pray that God will bless you on your journey as well. We wanted to give you a glimpse into our world - our relationships, our values, our home, and our hobbies. We hope that this will help you imagine what it could be like for you and your child to join our family.
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Samuel and Natalia
Hello! We are so excited for you to get to know us better! We hope you enjoy learning a little more about our family.
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Josh and Nicala
Hello! We are Josh and Nicala. We first connected in 2017 thanks to some mutual friends and the magic of the internet! Fast forward to February 2020, just before the world went full-on upside-down, we got engaged. And by January 2021, we said I do and officially kicked off our forever adventure. Our little family includes two adorable fur-babies: Colt, our treat-loving yellow lab who never runs out of energy, and Mavis, our sassy (but sweet) domestic shorthair cat who thinks she runs the house. We are lovers of the great outdoors and cozy nights in. Whether we're hiking a trail, planning our next adventure, or binging the latest Netflix show, we're all about finding joy in the big moments and the little ones. We are big fans of summer sunshine, breakfast foods, game nights, and time well spent with friends and family. If it involves fun, food, or a bit of adventure, we're in!
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Nathan and Audreyanna
Dear Expectant Family, We know you must be processing a lot right now as you contemplate the best decisions for you, your family, and this growing baby. So, while we don’t know all that you are feeling as you imagine a future for both you and this child, we want to extend grace (whether you decide to parent or create an adoption plan) and we pray that you are able to find peace through support and community. We are Audreyanna and Nathan (and Rose!). We met in 2009, got married in 2014, and have been growing together ever since. Even before getting married, we had discussed growing our family through adoption in some way. Audreyanna’s family adopted her sister (now in her 20’s) and so adoption had been on Audreyanna’s heart from a young age. In 2023, Rose was born and placed with us. We've seen the benefit firsthand to an open-adoption and if you choose an adoption plan, we would be honored to live in relationship with you and your child. We truly mean that! It's been a joy to regularly spend time with Rose's birth family and in doing so, better understand Rose's story. We will continue to pray for you, and others, who are faced with making these tough decisions. You are loved, Audreyanna and Nathan
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Francesco and Rossella
We are both from Southern Italy, Francesco from Puglia and Rossella from Basilicata. We met during our college years, while Francesco was studying Agriculture and Rossella Chemistry. We started dating and we felt at home with each other. After getting married, we lived for three years in Bari, a city along the Adriatic Coast where many of our friends lived. After our first year of marriage, we discovered that having children would be difficult for us and Francesco asked Rossella: "All this love that we have and want to give where will it finally go?" This deep question became crucial for us. We were both working at the University when Francesco received a job offering from a University in Florida. We decided to move to the USA without imagining what was awaiting us, and a beautiful adventure began. We lived for three years in Florida where Francesco worked as a horticulture research scientist and Rossella as an elementary and middle school Montessori teacher. Then we moved again when Francesco became a professor in Central Pennsylvania and Rossella started working as a secondary school teacher. We are very grateful for these years of marriage in which we had a very rich life and met many friends from all around the world. Among them, we encountered some families that had welcomed children through adoption, and looking at their experience full of love, we started thinking about adopting. Francesco's question, "All this love that we have and want to give where will go in the end?" became a prophecy and a foretelling of our desire to adopt a child.
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Aaron and Amanda
Thank you for taking the time to connect with us through our profile; we are very excited to share more about ourselves with you. In the years since our 2000 wedding, we have prayed that we would someday have the amazing opportunity to become parents. Adoption has always been something in our hearts and on our minds even throughout several years of unsuccessful fertility treatments. After seeing the joyous adoption path of others in our church and praying over the decision we are thrilled to be on our own unique journey.
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Tim and Hilary
Hello ~ We're Tim & Hilary and are so happy to meet you! Thank you so much for taking the time to learn about who we are and for considering us as a potential part of your journey. We can only imagine the strength and courage it takes to be where you are right now, as you consider adoption. As you read, we hope you'll feel the love, stability, and warmth that we want to share with a child. We want this to reflect not only who we are, but also the deep respect we have for you, whatever decision you make. We don't have all the right words and we know we can’t fully understand what you’re going through, but we do know this: if we’re chosen to be adoptive parents, we will carry that responsibility with immense love, humility, and lifelong commitment — not just to your child, but to you as well, in whatever way feels right for you. No matter what path you choose, we hope you feel supported, empowered, and surrounded by compassion.
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Tim and Amanda
We are so honored and grateful to you for taking the time to look through our profile. We cannot fully imagine the weight of the decisions you are making right now, but our deepest hope is that you feel deeply cared for, respected, and supported on this journey. As you read our story, we hope you can picture the life your child would experience with us—a life filled with warmth, laughter, and endless unconditional love. You will always be a part of your child and their story, and your immense love for them is something we will celebrate every single day. We strongly believe a child can never have too many people who love them, and we would welcome the opportunity to develop a relationship with you over the years, at whatever pace feels right to you. If you select us as the adoptive family for your child, please know that we will work endlessly to ensure they are raised with the consistency, devoted care, and unwavering support they need to flourish and thrive.
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AJ
Hi! I'm AJ. This profile will be a window into my life, who I am, and everything in between. I originally started this adoption journey with my wife Rachel. We shared the dream of becoming parents and were excited to grow our family through adoption. Sadly, she passed away from cancer which has been an incredibly difficult loss. Before she passed, we talked a lot about our hopes of becoming parents, and continuing this journey is a way of honoring that dream we shared. While life has taken an unexpected turn, my desire to be a loving and dedicated father has only grown stronger. I'm fortunate to have a close and supportive family and group of friends who are excited to welcome and love a child alongside me.
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Josh and Megan
We admire you so much for choosing life and considering adoption. Know that we are praying for you and your sweet baby, and we pray that God will fill you with peace in whatever decision you make. We have been truly blessed in so many ways, and we hope we will soon be blessed with a child to love and cherish as our own. We are not perfect, but if you choose us for your child, we promise to always strive to provide a loving and stable faith filled home with lots of family and friends to surround our family in love.
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Scott and Katie
Thank you for taking time to look through our profile. We hope you can get an idea of our life and who we are as people. This is a long and difficult process and we want you to be able to choose the best fit for you and your child. We promise to: - love your child unconditionally - support you and the type of relationship you wish to have with your child - spend summers outside by the pool, at parks, and on adventures - build snow forts and go sledding in the winter - learn and grow with your child, supporting their interests and needs - read bedtime stories with all the voices
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We’d love to talk with you and answer your questions about adoption. We’re here for you. Fill out a contact form or speak to a Bethany counselor at 1.800.BETHANY