INDIANAPOLIS -- A family in Anderson was able to finally bring home their adopted son from Africa on Saturday after a long battle following an international adoption ban.
Rachael and Jon Oren traveled to Ethiopia earlier this week pick up their legally adopted son, Genene.
In April, the couple was on a plane to pick up their 3-year-old son when the country’s prime minister suspended international adoptions.
The couple said the adoption for Genene had been in the works for the past two years. Rachael and Jon said they knew it was a “perfect match” from the beginning.
They said the Ethiopian government simply started processing their paperwork again amid the ban.
Jon said several other families in similar situations had made quick trips to pick up their adopted children as they are unsure of if laws will change again.
Genene is the second Ethiopian child adopted by the Oren family. Mekonen, 8, was previously adopted and the couple also has three biological children.
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