How To Adopt A Child In Manitoba

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How To Adopt A Child In Manitoba, a long island mom followed in the footsteps of her mother welcoming an adopted baby. get this.

she found that baby in the same central american orphanage where her parents found her four decades ago. cbs 2's carolyn gusoff reports from malverne. reporter: extra helpings of thanks this year in the glassing home.

the family's newest addition, gabe, is about to turn one. he came into the family just completely as would you give birth to your other child. we -- now we're a family of five. reporter: his journey binds

three generations. in may, andrea glassing and her husband adopted gabe from bogota, colombia. the same orphanage where andrea's parents adopted her 41 years ago after having two biological children andrea decided to pay it forward.

they are amazing people what they did for me and i couldn't imagine not doing that for them. reporter: she kept the news clippings correct me if i'm wrongling her journey. her mother traveled to colombia to adopt a toddler

but instead found two-day old andrea and fell in love. the two don't share dna but they share the conviction that adoption doesn't have to be a last resort. miraculous that he is in our family. and i think it's one of the

best things that's ever happened to them. just like i felt it was one of my best decisions. i think this is one of their best decisions. and if she does it again, that would be great. reporter: at adoption

center says wonderfully 4% of their cases are children returning decades later to adopt their own. much has improved in the adoption process in four decades. what hasn't changed is the drive to give an abandoned

child a loving home. there's just a life that is saved more or less, you know? i don't know where i would be without my parents. reporter: now the table is set for thanksgiving and birthday celebration, a family marveling in the gift of life

and love passed from one generation to another. in malverne, long island, carolyn gusoff, cbs 2 news. if that one doesn't warm your heart, have your heart checked. carolyn spoke with the adoption center in colombia.