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Originally Posted By David

I am doing a project on amish people and am focusing mostly on family law. I was wondering if anyone knows if amsih people are allowed to adopt children? I would appreciate any links/info anyone might have on the subject. Thanx

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Originally Posted By Beth Hall

Sorry, but I have no idea whether the Amish adopt or not.

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I know that Tressler Lutheran Adoption services York Pennsylvania has placed children with Amish families. Their phone number is 717-845-9113.

[mortisha69]

forgive me as i've not visited in a while. had i seen this thread earlier i would have replied much earlier.
you see i am adopted and have always been told that i am from Amish background. i was adopted in Bucks county, PA at 6 days old. My birth certificate lists me as Pennsylvania Dutch.
i wonder if we can collaberate? i am most interseted in this subject as you can imagine. Strangely, i do not want to contact my birth mother, especially if she is old school Amish. i couldn't disrupt her life. However, i do want to know everything about my birth parents and their culture and background.
i also would love to know if their are many amish adoptions and why, you know?
i would think it would be so unimaginabley hard.

[vegangoddess]

the amish do adopt as i am told...our agency has done some homestudies. i am curious to see if adoption rate goes up due to some amish communities having a higher incidence of genetically passed on ailments. there is a study going on, on this topic. it was recently discussed on npr and there is a hospital now working with the communtiy to study the genetics, as well as the amish working with the researchers.

[Linny]

The Amish DO adopt. In fact, they also have some homeschooling reading material that deals with transracial adoption as well. I've not been able to read this yet, but I know it's going to be available soon.
However, before this, a caseworker of ours back in the late '90's, told us that their agency was working with some Amish couples who were hoping to adopt.
Sincerely,

Linny