AUSTIN, Texas — Every week on KVUE Daybreak, KVUE's Hannah Rucker interviews a different child in Texas foster care who's hoping to find their Forever Family.
As 2023 comes to a close, we are looking back at all of the adoptions that took place for the year.
Eleven children that have been featured on Forever Families were adopted this year.
2023 ADOPTIONS
Zaq was interviewed and featured on KVUE's Forever Families in 2022 before he was adopted in a Williamson County courthouse in the Spring of 2023. He enjoys playing basketball with his new mom.
Nadia and Heavenly were also featured on KVUE in 2022 before being adopted in 2023. The two are absolute sweethearts and even think of themselves as Elsa and Anna from "Frozen."
Keegan was interviewed on KVUE in 2022 and adopted in 2023. He loves video games and even got to meet a professional gamer while hanging out at Pinballz with Rucker and KVUE.
The sibling trio of King, Royalti, and Prince, who now go by Khloe, Noah, and Nickolas, were interviewed in 2022 and were adopted in 2023.
Ethan, who wants to be a teacher or a zookeeper, was interviewed in 2022 and adopted in 2023. He also loves reading books and watching movies.
KVUE featured Andrey's story of resilience in 2022. He was left at an orphanage in Russia at just 2 years old. He was then adopted by a Texas couple who lost custody of him before being adopted again in 2023.
Tim, whose favorite subject in school is math and who enjoys solving problems, was interviewed in 2022. He sees himself as an engineer type and even said he wants to create the PlayStation 6. Tim was adopted in 2023 and now lives in the Houston area.
Ryan was interviewed in 2022 before his adoption was finalized in 2023. He told KVUE that playing soccer made him feel connected to others, creating a family along the way.
Click here to see other Central Texas children who are currently looking for their Forever Families.
Editor's note: The children who are in the Heart Gallery program and featured in KVUE's Forever Families segments are children who have had every effort made on their behalf to connect them with family or others in their community to provide options for permanent, adoptive homes. Through no fault of their own, that hasn’t happened yet, and so in partnership with the Department of Family and Protective Services, we collaborate to bring awareness to KVUE viewers about these children in the hopes of finding them permanency before they age out.