Adoption

Hoda Kotb shared a Father's Day message in honor of her ex-fiancé Joel Schiffman, with whom she shares daughters Haley and Hope. The pair split in 2022 following an eight-year relationship.

June 16, 2025

Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi is finally getting answers about her birth family in E! News’ exclusive sneak peek of the MTV show’s season eight premiere.

May 29, 2025

‘Teen Mom: The Next Chapter’ star Tyler Baltierra shared that he regrets placing his and wife Catelynn Lowell’s daughter Carly, now 16, for adoption following her birth in 2009.

May 23, 2025

Teen Mom's Catelynn Lowell and husband Tyler Baltierra reveal what really happened before their daughter Carly's adoptive parents cut off contact.

April 3, 2025

Actress Connie Britton shared insight into her choice to become a single mom through adoption in 2011, when she welcomed son Eyob to her family.

March 14, 2025

The Next Chapter's Leah Shirley—the daughter of Amber Portwood and Gary Shirley—is 16 and wise beyond her years. On the March 13 episode, she shares why she wants her stepmom Kristina Shirley to adopt her.

March 14, 2025

Queen Camilla announced that she and King Charles III have adopted a new Jack Russell terrier four months after losing their beloved rescue pup, Beth.

February 26, 2025

Fifteen years after the Teen Mom couple placed daughter Carly for adoption, they are trying a new approach.

February 7, 2025

Two weeks after Joss Stone and her husband Cody DaLuz announced that they had welcomed their third baby, a boy named Bear, via adoption, the Grammy winner shared that she is pregnant.

December 20, 2024

November 27, 2024

“Teen Mom” star Catelynn Lowell claims her teen daughter Carly’s adoptive parents have blocked her from contacting them. Catelynn and her now husband Tyler Baltierra gave up Carly for adoption in 2009 on MTV’s “16 & Pregnant.”

September 10, 2024

Teen Mom alum Catelynn Lowell revealed that the adoptive parents of her and husband Tyler Bartierra's daughter Carly blocked her from contacting them, arguing their decision "does not help Carly."

September 9, 2024

Selena Gomez gets candid about her future plans for motherhood, opening up to Vanity Fair that she can’t carry her own children due to her long battle with Lupus.

September 9, 2024

YouTuber Myka Stauffer's past comments about her adopted son Huxley—prior to her and husband James' controversial decision to reverse the adoption—are being revisited in a new docuseries.

June 10, 2024

YouTuber Myka Stauffer's past comments about her adopted son Huxley—prior to her and husband James' controversial decision to reverse the adoption—are being revisited in a new docuseries.

June 10, 2024

Audrey Doering and Gracie Rainsberry, identical twins who were reunited in 2017 after being adopted by different families, were both named valedictorians of their respective high schools.

May 22, 2024

'Teen Mom' star Tyler Baltierra is speaking out about the "disappointing" choice made by his and wife Catelynn Lowell's daughter Carly's adoptive parents.

May 11, 2024

Teen Mom alum Tyler Baltierra spoke out after wife Catelynn Lowell expressed feeling hurt by being denied visitation of their 14-year-old daughter Carly by her adoptive parents.

May 10, 2024

Triplets Julianne, Kendall and Rikki discuss meeting each other for the first time at 11 years old after two were adopted as twins by another family.

July 27, 2023

Catelynn Lowell and Tyler Baltierra recently brought their three younger kids to visit oldest daughter Carly, who they placed for adoption in 2009 on the first season of 16 and Pregnant.

June 26, 2023

Katherine Heigl looked back on the concern she was “always afraid” of during the beginning of her journey as mother to daughter Naleigh, who she and husband Josh Kelley adopted in 2009.

November 28, 2022

While taping a holiday special which celebrated families of adoption, Little Big Town singer Kimberly Schlapman shared with E! News how she “immediately” fell in love when she met her adopted daughter

November 23, 2022