Explores the unique stories of grown adults who are pursuing the unusual route to the American family: adult adoption. Six different pairs with individual motivations will embark on a journey to add an adult family member to their households. But new families come with new problems; before they finalize their adoption, they will face scrutiny from their peers, naysayers questioning motives, and biological family members trying to stop the adoption. Will it be happily ever after for these new families or will their constructed clans crumble?
Synopsis
Explores the unique stories of grown adults who are pursuing the unusual route to the American family: adult adoption. Six different pairs with individual motivations will embark on a journey to add an adult family member to their households. But new families come with new problems; before they finalize their adoption, they will face scrutiny from their peers, naysayers questioning motives, and biological family members trying to stop the adoption. Will it be happily ever after for these new families or will their constructed clans crumble?
Episodes
1 season
Ohio couple, Danny and Christy, await the arrival of a pregnant 20-year-old from Austria, whose motives may be in question. In her search for new parents, Kim navigates the rocky waters of adult adoption with her first mother. And Bianca, a kid from The Bronx, finds herself in a new world with a well-to-do family.
Things come to a boiling point when Kim finally confronts her mom about her adult adoption for the first time. Danny and Christy get off to a rough start with Ileana, while Felicia and Tawney begin their adult adoption journey for the third time.
Production
Release
2022
Seasons
1 season
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