Georgia's China Consolidated Benevolent Association

Adopting a heritage (reg. req'd)
Group helps children know their Chinese roots

Patrick and Sally Tracy couldn't have children. They wanted them, but after almost nine years and repeated fertility treatments, the Evans couple began to run out of hope.

Then last March, as they stood in a waiting room in China's Shandong province, all of their worries and fears were put to rest.

An adoption official who spoke no English handed them two screaming 18-month-old twins, and they all flew home as a family.

It's a story that was echoed by many other families at the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association's biannual Children from China reception. Couples from all over the area gathered to share their experiences of adopting from Asia while also re-introducing their children to the culture they left behind.