“They’re sisters! (The orphanage is) saying she’s a year older … (but) I have a strong suspicion that they might be (twins),” she said. Proving a mother’s intuition should never be questioned, the results were a match. The orphanage allowed Lumpkins to pay for a DNA test and she sent a swab of Aubrey’s saliva to be tested. “I was like ‘wow, there has to be something to this, it couldn’t be a coincidence,” she said. So when she came across the picture of the girl who looked like her daughter in March, Lumpkins said she couldn’t shake the feeling that this child was family. My kids are the best kids in the world,” Lumpkins said. I’ll never fly, unless it’s to go get my kids,” Lumpkins said.Įach adoption cost the family about $35,000, but the couple have never hesitated to borrow against their home or give up their cars and motorcycles to come up with the money. “I was terrified … but nothing can take away from me going to get my babies. Their first journey to China was in 2008 to adopt Maya, then 18 months old, and the pair have made three more trips since in 2010 to get Noah, now 6 in 2013 to get Aubrey and in 2014 to get Carter, now 5. She had never flown before-aside from one commuter flight she took to familiarize herself with a plane-but she’s never hesitated to travel across the world for her children. The couple went on to adopt four children from China, opting to welcome those with special needs into their home.
“I think God planted that seed a long time ago,” she said.Īfter having two biological children, Lumpkings found herself still thinking about her childhood dream. She recalls playing with her baby dolls as a young girl, insisting on pretending that she had brought her make believe children home to a better life. They just need somebody to give them that time, to give them the attention they need,” she said. “She’s reading like crazy and she’s writing. Now 13, she’s on the honor roll, Lumpkins said. She had never been taught to read or write and could only color when she came to the U.S. Read: How Family is Adjusting to Life After Adopting Best Friend's Four Daughters Aubrey wasn’t allowed to go on field trips… sometimes she didn’t get the same food as the other kids.” “You’re no good if you have a disability. It’s not like here in the States,” Lumpkins said, choking up. Aubrey, who has cerebral palsy, was 9 at the time and had lived for almost her entire life in an orphanage, where she was treated differently from the other children.
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