A new family for the New Year
By Allen Rich
Dec 31, 2007
North Texas e-News, llc
Just like brothers anywhere, 18-month-old Henry and Ben play in the floor with new toys. But the New Year will find them in a new country, surrounded by new, loving families. …
Both were adopted out of the same small Catholic orphanage north of Ho Chi Minh City at 17 months of age. Both adoptive families were told their young sons were turned over to the orphanage by a mother who was working 10-hour days while leaving the baby in the care of older siblings.
Photographs seemed to confirm suspicions that Henry and Ben may actually be twins, but conflicting information made it impossible to verify. So, while preparing for DNA tests that will provide a definitive answer, the Willerth family decided to fly down to Texas so Ben could spend the holidays with Henry.
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This is terrible! Lots of families are open to twins, so it’s not that they would have trouble placing two children!