Adopting a child is often the first step in becoming a parent for many individuals, including the 12 famous people in this article. Adopting a child helps build what adoptive parents and children refer to as "forever families."

David Banda and Mercy were brought into the world via adoption in Malawi. The singer announced on Instagram that she had adopted twin children from the nation the previous year. In an interview, the actor discussed his three Adopted Children, Three of them were diagnosed with cancer, including two brain tumours and one sarcoma. This happens after you have successfully finished a mountain of paperwork and endured a never-ending series of background checks. However, as the parents represented on this list can attest, the investment is well worthwhile.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt

Maddox was adopted by Jolie and her then-ex-husband Billy Bob Thornton from Cambodia in 2002. Maddox was the couple's first child together. In 2005, Jolie became Zahara's adoptive mother and took her from Ethiopia. Later in the same year, rumours began to circulate that Pitt intended to adopt both Jolie and Pitt's children. In 2006, the children's surnames were legally changed to Jolie-Pitt. One year later, Jolie became a single mom when she adopted her son Pax. By their marriage in August of 2014, Pitt had already officially adopted all three of their children. According to reports, one of the primary reasons why the divorce discussions have been going on for a long time is because of disagreements around the custody of the couple's six children.

Sandra Bullock

The recipient of the Academy Award went to People magazine to make the shocking revelation. Since the beginning of 2010, her son Louis has been living with the couple. Later, she became an adoptive mother and gave her new daughter the name Laila.

A. Burrell, Ty

In 2000, the star of Modern Family and his wife Holly tied the knot. Ten years later, they became Frances's parents via the adoption process. They became parents to a second daughter via adoption in March of 2012.

Viola Davis

Genesis was barely a newborn when the Academy Award winner brought her into the world as her adoptive daughter in 2011. She told InStyle, "There are a lot of other ways to be a mother without carrying a kid inside of your body. Some so many kids need parents, and there are so many of us who want to be mothers. Be certain that you will have a complete and satisfying experience of parenthood."

Jim Caviezel

Caviezel is well known for his prominent role in the television series Person of Interest and his depiction of Jesus in the film The Passion of the Christ. In an interview, the actor discussed his three children, three of them were diagnosed with cancer, including two brain tumours and one sarcoma. Even if their survival chances weren't very good, I still wanted to assist.

Katherine Heigl

This is the same country where Heigl's adoptive sister was born. She was quoted in Scholastic magazine as saying, "Because I wished for my own family to be similar to the one I was raised in, I always knew that I would want to adopt a child from Korea. Although we have discussed the possibility of having biological children in the future, we have chosen to pursue adoption first.

Madonna

In addition to the two children, Lourdes and Rocco Ritchie, whom Madonna shares with her exes, the singer also adopted two more children following their births. The singer announced on Instagram that she had adopted twin children from the nation the previous year.

Kristen Davis

In 2011, the actress known for her role in Sex and the City became a single parent and adopted her daughter, Gemma Rose. In an interview, she described adopting a child as "something I've desired for a very long time." Early this year, she became the adoptive mother of a boy.

Charlize Theron

In 2012, the actress who had previously won an Academy Award adopted her son, Jackson. Following his conviction for bribery in a separate case, the former judge in Arkansas who put information online regarding Theron's private adoption voluntarily gave up his law licence to avoid a disciplinary hearing that would have been held against him. In 2015, she became August's mother via the adoption process.

Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman

The pair wed in 1990, having first met each other while working on the Days of Thunder set, and adopted two children together. After their highly publicised divorce, Cruise took custody of their children, Isabella Jane (born in December 1992) and Connor Anthony (born in January 1995). They have distanced themselves from Kidman, who is now married to Keith Urban and has two biological kids with him. Since then, they have grown apart. Reportedly, the schism is that both children are active members of the Scientology religion, while Kidman left the group once her marriage to Cruise ended.

Connie Britton

The Nashville diva became a mother for the first time in 2011 when she adopted her son Toby. She has said that both of her parents passed away within three years, and after that, she decided that she would not let the fact that she was unmarried prevent her from having children.

Meg Ryan

When Ryan decided in 2007 to adopt a 14-month-old baby girl from China and give her the name Daisy True, she was already the mother of an adult son, actor Jack Henry Quaid, whom she had with her ex-husband Dennis Quaid. We are a wonderful complement to one another. There is no difference in my love for both of my children, even though one was born to me and the other was given to me via adoption.