White “father” misses the birth of his child by choosing to stay in the Congo with his two new black sons
Category: I'm NOT Making This Up
This might be the worst story I’ve ever read. What kind of a “father” is this?
Justin Carroll is the proud dad of a 6-week-old daughter in Tennessee, but thus far he’s done his doting via Facetime video phone calls from Africa. Since mid-November, Carroll has been living in Congo, unwilling to leave until he gets exit papers allowing two newly adopted sons to travel with him.
Carroll and his wife, Alana, are among scores of U.S. couples caught up in wrenching uncertainty, as a suspension of all foreign adoptions imposed by Congolese authorities has temporarily derailed their efforts to adopt.
While most of the families are awaiting a resolution from their homes in the U.S., Justin Carroll and a few other parents whose adoptions had been approved have actually taken custody of their adopted children in Kinshasa, Congo’s capital. However, they say that promised exit papers for the children are now being withheld pending further case-by-case reviews, and the parents don’t want to leave Kinshasa without them.
“Justin is not going to leave the boys,” Alana Carroll said from the family’s home in Jefferson City, Tenn., where she’s been caring for biological daughter Carson since her birth on Nov. 25. Justin Carroll was not present for Carson’s birth; he left for Africa almost a week earlier.
“In a dire situation, we would just move there,” said Alana, referring to Congo. “Leaving our sons there is not an option.”
Poster Comment:
Sad, but true. ;)