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416b adopting 3 kids + living between Tanzania and Australia

Season 4, Ep. 16
Mark Dombkins and his wife have 3 adopted kids and have 3 biological kids - all equally loved and valued in their family. In this episode Mark shares about their family story, touching on:
👉🏿how his family's adoption story started and how it's progressed over the years
👉🏻the speedbumps and challenges they experienced, and how they worked through those
👉🏽what it was like moving overseas and some of the considerations involved for their family
👉the culture and trends around adoption and family preservation Mark has seen in Tanzania
👉🏼things to keep in mind if adoption is something you'd like to do yourself

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