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World Service,04 May 1999,4 mins

International Adoption

My Century

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"I was living and working in China... and when I visited the far north-west, several women asked me if I could take their children home with me. "I had no intention of having children, but I thought if I ever did want children I would go back to China and adopt some of the unwanted girls, rather than give birth to my own children." Julia is a Canadian mother of four. When she was in her late twenties Julia decided that she wanted a baby, but not one that she would give birth to. Julia describes her journey to motherhood through adoption.

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