Celebrities that children have adopted

Thomas Rhett and his wife, Lauren Akinsbelong to the parents of celebrities who are open about their adoption experiences.

The country singer and his childhood love adopted their eldest daughter, Willa, from Uganda in May 2017, only three months before Akins gave the drill of daughter Ada. Since then they have welcomed two daughters, Lennon and Lillie.

“My heart is always driven for that,” Akins said exclusively US Weekly To adopt her oldest in January 2018. “It started just like this calling in my life, to speak for these children who don’t have a voice. This is what I really was to do. It was perfect in line with my heart. I had always wanted to adopt. My mother has actually been adopted.

Rhett, for his part, told exclusively Us In October 2019 he was ‘born’ to be a girl’s father.

Rhett is not the only celebrity that his family has expanded through adoption. Scroll down to see which stars children have welcomed through the process.