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- Jan 5, 2016
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In Praise of ‘Duck Dynasty’ Clan’s Adoption of Teen Son

Updated: Nov 17, 2020

Published on Yahoo! Parenting January 5, 2016

Adam Pertman Mention: "It’s a wonderful thing, indeed, that the Robertsons are sharing their joy, says Adam Pertman, president of the National Center on Adoption and Permanency. “The reality is that people want to adopt younger children,” he tells Yahoo Parenting."

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It’s a boy for Duck Dynasty’s Korie and Willie Robertson. The matriarch of the reality-star family announced on Sunday, with a family Instagram photo (above), that they’re adopting a 13-year-old son to join their party of five kids.

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