ALBANY COUNTY, N.Y. ( NEWS10 ) – David Fruchter and his late wife Susan always wanted a family. David sits with his adult son eating lunch, looking like your average American family, but their journey has been complicated with bittersweet emotions.
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“There was a fertility issue. And that’s why we were looking to adopt,” said David. They met with various adoption support groups in the U.S. until his wife was pointed in a different direction.
“We connected with various adoption support groups and heard about different people’s experiences adopting from foreign countries. And someone suggested Chile to her and there were a number of other people who were adopting from Chile, or had not too long before that, and we decided to pursue that,” said David.
They traveled to South America to bring their adopted son home to Colonie. Ben Fruchter was born in Chillán, Chile in 1988. His adoption was finalized in 1989. By all accounts, Ben had a typical suburban upbringing.