Dear Roland Let me see if I can be clearer in my explanation to you:
1. During my 40 YEARS living in the United Kingdom, I am aware of only ONE couple (wife Goan, husband English) who have adopted two children (also mixed race). 2. I do not believe the situation in Canada within our Canadian-Goan community to be vastly different from that in the United Kingdom. 3. There was no evidence during my trip to Toronto of any Canadian-Goan adopting a child nor do I recall ever having seen any Chinese, Haitian, Russian children running around on any videos uploaded of Canadian-Goan functions held in Canada. Unless these children are kept in their carrycots until the age of 18! 4. The statistical information I provided you was from the Adoption Council of Canada. It is up to you whether you accept this information or not. 5. MY CONCLUSION: Adoption by couples within our Goan community both in the United Kingdom and Canada is minuscule. 6. Unless you can provide facts to prove otherwise. 7. Hope you will agree that when writing on our social networking sites, misinformation should be kept to a minimum, preferably none at all. Rose Fernandes Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom 29 June 2012
