GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — A Greensboro mom is one of hundreds who are stuck in a tough spot after China closed international adoptions.
The announcement left parents in limbo who had pending adoptions.
“The children … belong to China, and we just hope that they are gracious and allow the rest of us to continue the process,” Angel Jarvis said.
Jarvis and her husband had already adopted one little girl from China, but after she got home, they realized she had a twin sister, and their journey to bring her home has been long and complicated.
The girls are now nearly teenagers. Mackenzie lives in Greensboro with her parents. Her twin sister, Meilyn, is still in China. Her parents have waited more than five years to go and get her, but they are not sure it will ever happen.
“We have to reunite these little girls because twins belong together,” Jarvis said.
The pair were not intentionally separated. They were dropped off two months apart, and nobody knew they were related until Jarvis saw their pictures side by side.