Like all happy couples, Chris and Lenia always dreamed of having a family life. However, to their bad, they didn’t have kids. After waiting for many long years, they finally decided to opt for a different way to turn their dream into reality.
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While searching, they came across an adoption agency to find a lovely little girl waiting for her family. The first time they saw Maria, they knew it was her who could complete their family. But they were reluctant to adopt Maria due to an issue.
Maria’s Age Was the Issue
Maria’s age was the issue that made Chris and Lenia reluctant to adopt her. She was a six-year-old girl. They had planned to adopt a baby with whom they could fulfill their dream of having a family from scratch.
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Therefore, it was complicated for them to adopt a girl who was already six years old. They didn’t want to let go of their wish to adopt a baby. However, as soon as they sensed a green signal from the adoption agency, they couldn’t hold themselves back for going through with the adoption.
Innocent Maria Changed Their Mind
Maria was a sweet and lovely girl looking out for the family of her dreams. Although Chris and Lenia were reluctant to adopt a six-year-old girl, Maria’s innocent face made them change their mind in an instant, and they decided to bring Maria home.
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Maria was as adorable as a doll – Chris and Lenia could not even have decided otherwise. They intended not to behave like other adoptive parents, and so they asked the agency to speed up the adoption procedure.
They Asked to Speed Up the Procedure
Chris and Lenia were delighted to see their dream of a beautiful family turning out to be a reality. They always dreamed of having a family with their child in the frame. And it was certainly hard for them to wait for that any longer.
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The adoption agency was also efficient enough to complete the adoption process in only a few weeks. Chris and Lenia already felt emotionally attached to Maria, and even during those few weeks, they couldn’t keep themselves from staying in touch with Maria through voice and video calls.
The orphan house director was more eager
The adoption agency also looked very eager to process Maria’s adoption, and so they hastened the procedure. The director was personally involved in expediting Maria’s adoption process as he didn’t want to give Chris and Lenia enough time to change their minds.
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Before he chose to adopt Maria, Chris was told that the adoption process was a very lengthy one. But in this case, the process was swift enough – it only took a month or less for the adoption papers to be finalized in the name of the couple. This speedy procedure might be questionable, but Chris and Lenia were impatient enough to bother it at all.
Adoption Procedure Took Less Than A Month
Chris and Lenia already knew many couples who postponed the adoption because of its lengthy and complicated procedures that took several months. But in their case, it took less than a month, and they couldn’t have been happier.
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It took only three weeks to complete the entire procedure, and they were told the date when they could finally take little Maria home. Chris and Lenia were so excited and overwhelmed to welcome Maria to their home – they designed a whole new bedroom customized to her choice.
Waiting Made The Couple More Excited Than Ever
Chris and Lenia counted down the days to meet their girl finally. At last, came the day when they were going to welcome Maria as an official part of their family. The ecstatic couple couldn’t help their excitement, and they left for the airport way earlier than their flight timings.
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They reached the airport earlier, and the flight was a little delayed too. So, they had to wait for few hours, but it was definitely worth it. As the flight landed, a group of girls stepped out of the plane. The couple kept looking for their girl to make an appearance.
Finally Came The Meeting Day
The couple would raise Maria’s name card whenever they saw any little girl coming out of the plane. But every girl passed by them, leaving them more and more excited for their adopted girl. After a few minutes of waiting, they saw a grey-haired woman with a little girl coming out from the baggage area.
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The little Maria rushed towards the couple when she saw her name sign card in Chris’s hands. The couple grabbed Maria in their arms and hugged her tightly. The old lady with Maria was her caretaker from the orphanage and had come along to make sure Maria met her new parents safely.
The lady left quickly after Maria’s handover
The grey-haired lady was there to get signed some final papers needed for adoption. Only after signing those papers they could take Maria with them. The lady handed over a pile of documents to Chris containing the identity information of Maria.
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The euphoric couple invited the lady to visit their home, but she was in a hurry. She refused their invitation because of her scheduled return flight. She barely stayed for an hour or two before she left for Brazil on the next flight. The couple didn’t notice her rush.
Communication Issue with Maria
The couple knew that Maria came from a region different from their culture. She, therefore, was not very familiar with their culture or even their language. When they met Maria, they knew that she could not speak English, and they were already prepared for that.
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They drove back to their home to show Maria her new home, especially her decorated room. It took them half an hour to drive back home from the airport, and they tried to communicate with Maria. Poor, timid Maria remained silent all the way and didn’t speak a word of English.
The Couple Was Prepared for the Communication Issues
Chris and Lenia were prepared for the communication issues to come. They had started taking Portuguese language lessons soon after they got the adoption confirmation of Maria. So, they were prepared to welcome Maria to her new home. Saludo.
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On their way back home, they were confident that their hard-learned Portuguese lessons and Maria’s little effort to learn English would overcome the language barrier between them. However, Maria came off to be more jet-lagged, so she chose not to respond.
Maria Wanted to Take Rest
The couple quickly gave Maria a home tour as soon as they reached home. They made her walk through her newly decorated room, toys, and her soft bed with a pair of pink cushions. Maria was super tired to talk much, so she requested them to rest for a while.
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Lenia wanted to chat with Chris about something that she noticed in Maria. So, Maria’s tiredness turned out to be a good sign for them. Lenia left Maria in her bedroom and wanted to share with Chris what she might have noticed earlier.
What Did Lenia Notice?
The couple was happy finally having completed their family. Their girl was with them in their home, and it was the most satisfying feeling they’d ever had. They were barely interested in thinking about anything else.
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The couple only had Maria’s photos when they decided to adopt her, and now they had Maria with them physically. That is when Lenia noticed Maria different from the girl in the pictures. Chris also couldn’t differ from her view – something was wrong, they felt.
Maria Had A Different Look Than Her Photos
The agency might have prepared Maria for a photoshoot and forwarded those photos to the couple. The couple rationalized themselves thinking the agency must have edited the images to make Maria look prettier and expedite her adoption process.
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Lenia felt that Maria was very different from the photos provided by the agency. When she hugged her and grabbed her in her arms, she felt something other than girlish. It made Lenia upset, and Chris felt the same. way.
Adoption Does Not Need Any Modification
Chris and Lenia were different from other adoptive parents who were concerned about physical appearance and beauty while adopting babies. They were not interested in physical beauty, but they only wanted to complete their family with a little new member.
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Besides, Lenia also knew that like some other countries, Brazil was notorious for forced prostitution and human trafficking. For these reasons, physical appearance did matter a lot. But adoption is something different from buying, and that does not require such modifications.
Chris Wanted to Confirm Any Misuse of Photos
The couple was so excited about having Maria with them that they didn’t want to think about anything other than Maria’s adoption. They felt something wrong, and they just wanted to know why the agency manipulated Maria’s photos before sending them.
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Chris being a computer expert, decided to reverse the photos manipulation to find the fact. Also, he wanted to unleash the lousy use of Maria’s photos, if any. He tried Google search and other advanced reverse engineering techniques but couldn’t find anything. In the end, he decided to use the Dark Web.
Nothing Was Wrong Initially
Initially, Chris felt he was only overthinking, and nothing was fishy about Maria. He then found Maria’s photo on some Brazilian website along with other children. However, the description was unclear, and he thought it to be about some children waiting for adoption.
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Nothing was extraordinary in those photos, but Chris’s instinct forced him to search more. He searched on the dark web, but it looked like ordinary orphan houses’ photos and adoption lists. But then he found something disturbing.
Even Older Children are Still Waiting for Adoption
While searching the dark web, the couple found a link that was different from the previous one. It was Maria’s photo with a list of other children. Although it was in English, these captions were from a Brazilian writer and were very small.
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The couple was surprised to see that the list contained these unusually old children still waiting for adoption. It was surprising for Chris and Lenia to see children aged five up to 11 years on that list.
What Do Older Orphans Do If Not Adopted?
Usually, couples prefer to adopt children up to 3 years of age. After three years, it is pretty hard for orphanages to convince couples to adopt their children. Hence, children aged five and above were even difficult to be adopted.
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After that age, most orphans were either adopted or started living independently with other abandoned children in Brazil. Chris found a link to another Brazilian website during the search, and he found something even more shocking. He read that many times as it was not in his language.
Couple Didn’t Expect What Came Next
On that site, he found all unedited photos of those older children waiting for adoption. The site was Brazilian, but the photos didn’t need any language to recognize the creepy participants.
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And then Chris found Maria in those photos, and it was something that he did not expect at all—looking at those unedited photos, they realized that they trusted the wrong agency for adopting their child.
It Was Unbelievable for The Couple
The children in those photos were looked physically young, but actually, they were not. Looking at their unedited faces, you realize they are not children but adults. And Maria was one of those adult children.
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The site wrote down the actual ages of those children, and those were shocking for the couple. Learning about Maria’s actual age made them skip a beat. They couldn’t believe Maria’s age that was written in that big print. It was unbelievable for the couple.
Maria Was 32 Years Old!
Maria was not a six years old girl; she was a grown-up lady of 32 years already. It was absolutely shocking for Chris and Lenia to know that the girl sleeping in their home was not a little girl. They were deceived; they found then.
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How was that possible? That fact shocked Chris and Lenia, and they were not going to admit it at once. Lenia quickly ran and brought the documents handed over to them by that grey-haired lady at the airport. The medical reports inside the document confirmed her age.
What Did the Couple Find in Maria’s Room?
Maria was a 32 years old grown-up lady with dwarfism. Hugging her, Linea has already suspected her body to have curves like that of a grown-up woman. And now, it had been confirmed by her medical documents. They ran upstairs to verify this information.
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What they found inside Maria’s room stoned them out of shock. Maria was putting up some makeup on her face to look like a girl. She was not expecting such abrupt entrance of the couple, and so, she ended up shocked and scared.
Maria Revealed The Truth
Chris and Lenia were not going to believe the explanation that Maria tried to give them about her age number. At that time, she didn’t know she had been unmasked, and the couple had already read the documents confirming her age.
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When Maria realized that they knew everything about her age, she stopped dramatizing a little girl. She shocked the couple once again when they tried to communicate in Portuguese, and she replied in English.
Maria Cheated the Couple
Chris and Lenia were very disappointed since Maria ruined their dream of living together as a family. They thought their dreams were close to reality and that they would enjoy parenting and family life, but all of that vanished away in the wink of an eye.
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Maria apologized for what she had done to them and admitted that she cheated them with her physical appearance. She told them that she wanted to come to America for a better life, and she used an orphan agency to fulfill her wish. The agency used her physical appearance to deceive couples for her adoption.
Maria Revealed All The Details
She told them how the agency helped her with this migration. They developed the website for her visibility on the net, prepared the adoption papers from lawyers, and sped up the adoption process from months to 3 weeks.
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The agency also did the same procedure with many other Brazilian dwarfs. They misused the orphan system and the couple’s sympathy with orphans. When those dwarfs reached America, they left their new families to enjoy their new lives.
Maria Helped Police to Arrest All The Criminals
All that information distressed the couple and ruined their dreams of having a family. But they decided to take this tragedy up to its climax. They didn’t want any other to be deceived by such criminals.
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They took Maria to Police, where she told her story and helped the police to arrest all those involved in this crime. As a reward, Maria was allowed to live her new life as an American citizen. Chris and Lenia decided not to give up their family dream, but this time they decided to adopt a child from their own country – obviously after thorough verifications.