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My understanding is that you will need to pick a country. I know that in the US some agencies will allow you to pursue 2 options at the same time (either through concurrent adoptions or 2 programs with the knowledge that you will stop one once the other has ended in an adoption). I know a lot of people doing concurrent adoptions with China and other countries given the length a China adoption is taking now. I also know several people who sign with one agency and do the paperwork for 2 of their programs and agree that once they complete one adoption then the other one will be stopped (usually domestic and an international). Keep in mind that when you do this you are talking about a lot of paperwork and a lot of money. Different countries have different dossier requirements and since the paperwork goes to the country prior to referral (in most cases) then you must do the paperwork for each country. I do not know what Canada allows with regard to this.

In terms of twins... I have heard (and I have no verification to back this up) that African countries tend to produce the most twins, followed by Asians. If you opt to go international make sure that your agency is ethical. There has been a long discussion on one of my yahoo groups about agencies manufacturing twins because of the high demand (taking to infants who are roughly the same age -- not even related -- and telling the parents that they are twins). I don't know if this is actually happening or if people are just wondering but it has been a hot topic this week.

Samantha