SINITTA PLANS TO ADOPT A THIRD CHILD FROM THE SAME BIRTH MOTHER
British singer Sinitta is looking to add to her brood. The mom of two is hoping to adopt a third child from the same birth mother as her two adopted children.
Sinitta, who is mother to five-year-old daughter Magdalena and three-year-old son Zac, found out earlier this year that the biological mother of her children was pregnant again.
Sinitta tells Hello magazine, “Bizarrely, for over a year my mother had been telling me that she kept picturing me cradling a baby, but I brushed it aside. Then I started having dreams about it, too. When I was told about this baby, it all made sense.”
“Even though I am a lone parent, I’m not alone,” she adds. “I have a terrific network of friends and my mother has said that she will help and support me every step of the way.”
And Sinitta will need all the support that she can get as the adoption process is tedious in the UK, and especially for those interested in adopting mixed-raced kids.
“There are literally hundreds of mixed race babies in children’s homes but it’s difficult to find parents for them because you have to be a mixed-race couple yourselves to adopt them and there just aren’t enough of such couples around wanting to adopt. Your heart would break to see how many mixed-race children there are left in these homes,” she said in 2006.
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That’s great of her, I really clap my hands for those who wants and do adopt children. I’m in my 20s and always wanted to adopt from the time I was a kid, I would watch on tv and see how so many children of all ethnicities are suffering and wished that I could help. Sometimes it seems that people dont want to adopt at all since they only wish to have children of their own blood. I think it’s great for anyone to adopt a child even if of and not of their own race/ethnicity/country/nationality/gender.
With a heart like your JadeDiamond, any kid would be lucky to call you mom!
@shesallthat im with you 100%
WOW… Sometime I read some of these threads and all I can do is SMH!! Not taking away from anyone’s knowledge/intelligence of any topic … But my goodness!
The birth mother definitely needs to be neutered. There is no intelligent reason for her to continuously get pregnant when she has already given up 2 children in such a short span of time.
And that law in the U.K. is ridiculous! It seems to intentionally or unintentionally but children of color at a disadvantage in the adoption system.
That’s wonderful that they get to grow up together. Cause one of my cousin’s is looking for her brother. I don’t understand why their mom(my cuz) didn’t give them to the same people. It’s funny that my sis met our cousin by accident. She’s one of her friend’s in-law. And she told my sis who her real mom was, our cousin.
So yes I’m glad they will grow up together instead of searching later. @Teri nice comment.
Thank you, Jasmine. At least someone with brain cells understand w/o getting all indignant. Some people don’t like the truth because they are either guilty themselves or not seeing the truth or they just don’t want to face it.
Actually alot of people in America have adopted kids in that same process. Having adopted one child from a woman and or couple and then the woman and or couple gets pregnant again, only to give that baby up for adoption to. Sad but true.
It’s nice that Sinitta is heralding the concerns the need for children of “mixed-raced” to be adopted. Adopt to your hearts content, Sinitta. It’s just too bad we don’t have a lot of Sinitta’s over here in the U.S. heralding the need for the countless of black children needing adoption as well.
It’s also ironic that no one said a word about her specific need to “help” the plight of mixed-raced children, yet I can recall several threads (Sandra Bullock and the Ware family) when the very mention of how many black children were in the system and how they are in desperate need for adoption came up, people became incensed that the color/race of a child was an issue. I mean, doesn’t EVERY child deserve a chance for a good family?
Waiting for the fall-out in 5-4-3-2…
P.S. For those of you that might have an issue for my comment, too bad.
Have you adopted?
LaKesha, whether I have or haven’t adopted isn’t the issue. Why not address what I said? Most won’t. Just in case you didn’t know, adoption isn’t as easy as going down to the store and picking out a child. It takes a lot of time and money. Currently, I’m taking care of my elderly mother. However, that’s beside the point. The point is, people are hypocritical, and that’s especially true with some BCK readers.
I have adopted and definitely know what the process is. My three children come from four different racial groups. They all deserve a home.
Well, yes they do. My point exactly.
When you tell us how many you have adopted and assisted in the plight of orphaned black children, maybe then someone will comment on your ridiculous, racist question. All children need homes, not just black ones and YES, I have adopted and so have 3 other people in my immediate family. You see, we are a part of the solution instead of being judgmental about what others choose to do with their lives.
When you tell us how many you have adopted and assisted in the plight of orphaned black children, maybe then someone will comment on your ridiculous, racist question. All children need homes, not just black ones and YES, I have adopted and so have 3 other people in my immediate family. You see, we are a part of the solution instead of being judgmental about what others choose to do with their lives.
Typical, silly ass person who doesn’t even know what racism is. Did I once say that mixed children shouldn’t be adopted? I stated a fact whether you want to address it or not. If I adopted one child or a million, I still stand by what I said. It’s so typical of people like you to go flapping your jaws about something when you don’t even stop to comprehend what’s being said. I’m not going to sit here and ignore the elephant in the room because people are too sensitive. I never said she SHOULDN’T adopt these children. I was comparing this story to others that mentioned the need for black children to be adopted and how angry people got, but this woman talks about the adoption needs of mixed children, and everyone applauds. Apparently your comprehensions skills are null and void because instead of listen, you fire off about how many children you’ve adopted. Well, bully bully for you. If I adopted one or 10, I’d still say the same thing.
well at least one person got what you were trying to say. i actually had a similar thought when i read her going on about the plight of unadopted mix kids. i’m thinking, hmm as opposed to the black unadopted kids who probably outnumber them? not to diminish her feelings and the points she made, because they are valid, but i think there is a great need for children of many races and nationalities that need to be adopted. but she has her preference and that is totally fine. hey, that’s 3 less kids that will be in the system.
bck reader, I agree that she is helping keep a child(ren) out of the system (the birth mother is ridiculous), and I applaud anyone who can and are willing to adopt. I’ve always been willing to adopt, but can’t because I’m taking care of my elderly mom.
Black people are always running away from people that look like them. Most whites want to adopt white babies, but they are prime. We have preferences in mates, now we have preferences in the race of children? My point is that there is no secret that black/brown children make up a disproportionate amount of children in the sytem and in need for adoption. That’s why I don’t understand why a certain segment of blacks don’t look out for their own. I don’t get it. I’m a black woman, and I want a child that looks like me. There are too many out there to use “preference” as an excuse, especially when you are black. You feel me?
bck reader – my first comment didn’t post, so I’ll recap. I take my hat off to people who adopt. I’d love to adopt, but can’t at this time. It’s expensive, and at this time in my life, I’m taking care of my elderly mother full time. That’s not to say that I won’t adopt in the future, God willing. However, I think that we all know (especially those who claim to have adopted children) that black/brown children are disproportionately in the system more than anyone. Why is this? So when you have a black person who can adopt these children and they go for another race, I have serious questions. Why do we disregard our own? If we don’t take care of our own, no one else will.
Certain people here are calling me “racist,” yet since Sinitta has made a point to help the plight of mixed children (and no one called HER a racist), I wonder if she’s the one with the issue. Of course, many people here don’t have the guts to acknowledge that.
I understand what you’re saying Teri, but mixed kids are different. They’re not black or white or anyone specific race. They don’t identify with one group. The black parents want a child that looks like them, the white parents want to help the cause. Mixed raced kids or mixed looking kids don’t have anyone campaigning for them.
I’m going to continue because people like you are the reason why our country is going to hell. God help the kids they allowed in your home because you can’t even survey a comment and make sense of it. My comment must’ve hit a nerve with you. First off, Keysha, are you or your adopted children black? If not, then I guess YOU haven’t assisted in the plight of those black children either? If so, then you, of all people, should be able to understand what I’m saying and not call me racist, which is ridiculous. Are you capable of articulating what I said that was racist? I’ll wait…
Secondly, I didn’t ask a question, I answered one.
Thirdly, I never said all children don’t deserve a home. Quite the contrary. If that’s what you read, then that’s your imagination. Again, people like you never, ever address the point made, but you’re so busy firing off at the mouth and being judgemental (as you stated I was) and take offense.
Most adoptive parents don’t get to “Pick” the race of the child they adopt. I didn’t. I took the children who were needing a home at the time I could give a home. You’re assuming that adoption is like shopping for a child–it’s NOT!
My son is originally from Ghana. He had a disrupted placement from a WHITE family that have adopted 4 other BLACK children. He was older than was presented. He is very dark and has kinky hair. Does he fit the bill for you Teri? Maybe not b/c he wasn’t born here. Most of the adoptive families that i know are white with black adopted children. The children in the U.S.that are in the sysytem is not b/c they are black, it is b/c they are older and come with a lot of issues from being removed from an extreme situation and being moved from home to home. Most people are not equipped to deal with these issues. I will say it again, STOP flapping your gums about who others adopt and help the black children you are so concerned about. Foster adoption doesn’t cost you anything so stop making excuses and become a part of the solution. I spent thousenads to adopt my son and how dare you or anyone else sit and judge me for what color he is or where he came from. If it is my money and my home, I will damn well please adopt any race I choose to.
“I spent thousenads to adopt my son and how dare you or anyone else sit and judge me for what color he is or where he came from. If it is my money and my home, I will damn well please adopt any race I choose to.”–Keysha
Well. . .that’s what it pretty much boils down to.
I think it is a good idea. But I never heard her before. I wish her and the kids well.
@shesallthat… You took the question right out of my mouth!! I mean Sinitta is a GOD send for these beautiful babies.. But….
@shesallthat…I agree with you totally!
i think that is great that the siblings are going to stay together in a new home but………why does this woman continue to have children that she does not want??? i just find this odd that she has already had two that she gave up so why have more???
That’s the same question that I have. I mean it’s great that’s she choosing to bless someone else rather than have an abortion or what not. But why is she continuously getting pregnant. I mean in 2010 with all the birth control there is WHY ARE WOMEN GETTING PREGNANT by accident???? We should be beyond “oops”
That’s Great!
The children are lucky to be adopted by the same mother now they will grow up together properly as siblings.
a black couple should be able to adopt a mixed race baby! most of the time a mixed child clearly looks more black instead of caucasion. i’m really surprised to hear that foster care systems are only looking for interacial couples to adopt a mixed child.
Whatever couple that is able and willing to take the children should be able to adopt the children. Smh…
Maybe the U.K. Wants to make sure the children don’t grow up culturally retarded. They are much further ahead of the states in so many areas. The U.S. will give black and mixed race babies to anyone. Like the little black boy who was given to a white minister. The man subsequently raped the little boy and he died of aids. But I guess too many kids in foster care was the reason for giving him to just anybody.