When we hear the word adoption, we usually think of a couple in their 30s and 40s with a baby or toddler. When you think of an older adoptive parent, you probably won't think of someone over sixty. the It was registered in the Guinness Book of World Records However, the world's oldest adoptive parent was 92 years old at the time of adoption.
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The foster mother is Muriel Banks Clayton, who was adopted by 76-year-old Mary Smith. In fact, Mary had been his daughter for decades, but they wanted to make their relationship official. Muriel Banks Clayton of Dallas was a 27-year-old married woman when the father of her 11-year-old niece, Mary, died. Since her mother was in a mental institution, the little girl would have been left alone if Muriel and her husband, Gerald S., had not embraced her. Tate. In the video below, Muriel and Marie talk about their years together and their adoption.
Muriel Clayton raised 5 daughters
Mary and her four other daughters have grown up together over the years with love. Although Muriel had 12 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great-grandchildren by the time she was 92, she had a secret desire for decades: She wanted Mary to officially become part of her family. However, as long as Mary's biological mother was alive, she did not broach the subject out of respect. Regarding her biological mother, Mary said that she was “a truly beautiful and great woman, but she could not live in this world.”
After Mary's mother died, just before Mother's Day in 2015, Muriel asked her 76-year-old adopted daughter if she could adopt her. Maryam welcomed the idea. At the Dallas courthouse, instead of the traditional teddy bear that adoptees usually receive, Judge Kim Cox presented Muriel and Mary with white orchids.
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After the ceremony, Muriel said she was very happy, because she had wanted to do this for a long time. “When I look at my life, I see a big, beautiful picture, but one piece was missing,” he said in the video above. Through adoption I feel like with Mary, the last piece of the puzzle has fallen into place. Mary finally passed away in Dallas in 2019 at the age of 97, surrounded by her family.
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