Jo and Alex’s story – adopting with birth children

About the family

In this special case study video, we meet adopters Jo and Alex who with three biological children already decided to complete their family through adoption.  Here they talk about their motivation to adopt and involving their biological children in their decision making. The couple also talk about meeting and building a relationship with their social worker.

“I realised that they weren’t looking for a perfect family – they were looking for a home.” Jo

Find out more

If you think you could provide a safe and loving home for one child or more complete our enquiry form here or email us at adoptcoasttocoast@durham.gov.uk

Watch more adopter stories on the our children, our families pages of our website.