‘Families don’t have to match’: Black couple adopts three white children

Sadie and Jarvis Sampson attempted to conceive for years, attempting everything they could think of. They had come to the conclusion that they would only ever be aunts and uncles, but a text message changed their lives overnight.

The couple had been attempting to conceive since their marriage in January 2018, but when it did not occur naturally, they pursued all available options.

Sadie recalled that her husband initially harbored reservations regarding transracial adoption.

“I went to a predominantly white school, but Jarvis grew up in an inner city and white people were almost foreign to him,” according to Sadie.

“I recall him asking, ‘How are we supposed to raise a white child?’” And I was like, “Dude, you raise them just like you would any other child.”

Jarvis’s anxieties dissipated immediately upon holding Ezra in his arms.

“He was aware that this was precisely what God had intended.” Sadie stated, “He was intended to be Ezra’s father.”

In April 2021, the Sampson brood expanded once more as Sadie gave birth to Destinee and Journee. Sadie became pregnant by utilizing donated embryos that were generated by a couple who had successfully established a family through in vitro fertilization. She desired the experience of being pregnant.

Sadie stated that she established a connection with the couple, who reside in Texas, following a post on Peanut, an online community for women. She was astounded by the quantity of responses she received from strangers who expressed their willingness to provide assistance.

“We were not concerned with race, ethnicity, or any other factor.” Sadie stated, “We simply desired an open relationship with the donor family, one in which they would attend birthday parties and holidays.” “And that is precisely what we possess.”

The Sampsons are close with the family who donated the embryos that created Journee and Destinee.
The Sampsons are close with the family who donated the embryos that created Journee and Destinee.
Sadie discovers that she is announcing her relationship to her three children when they are out in public. She frequently reiterates phrases like “Give Mommy a kiss” and “Come to Mommy.”

“I do it solely to ensure that people are aware that they are my children,” she stated. “I have been approached by strangers who inquire whether I am the nanny or if I am babysitting.” Because it is considered so taboo for a Black woman to have children who are not Black, we receive numerous stares.

Keia Jones-Baldwin, a Black woman with a white child, has been accused of kidnapping on two separate occasions, and she is Sadie’s close friend. Consequently, she carries her son’s adoption papers with her wherever she travels. In 2020, Jones-Baldwin disclosed her narrative to TODAY.

“I have never experienced such an incident,” Sadie stated. “However, I am confident that it will occur.”

Sadie, who maintains a YouTube channel, instructs viewers that families are composed of individuals of varying sizes, genders, shapes, and colors.

She stated on Instagram, “Families are not required to be identical! “They are constructed upon the foundation of love!”