The Gawboy family in 2010. Photo from Duluth News Tribune
Jim Gawboy, a 76-year-old member of the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa in Minnesota, and his wife are the proud parents of 12 adopted children. Gawboy and 60-year-old Rebecca became foster parents, and then adoptive parents, late in life. They have welcomed a dozen children -- all Ojibwe -- into their home since 1996. “We’re really pros at this. We have a lot of experience," Rebecca told The New York Times for a story about adults who adopt later in life. Get the Story:
Filling Up an Empty Nest (The New York Times 5/15)
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