{"id":188,"date":"2025-09-13T15:31:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T15:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/good-worldwide.go-vip.net\/upworthy\/2025\/09\/13\/woman-adopts-exwife-baby-ex1\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T15:31:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T15:31:00","slug":"woman-adopts-exwife-baby-ex1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/13\/woman-adopts-exwife-baby-ex1\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman goes to great lengths to adopt baby from husband’s ex-wife to save him from foster care"},"content":{"rendered":"

Christie and Wesley Werts have taken the idea of a blended family <\/a>to the next level. When the couple fell in love five years ago and married, they brought together her children, Megan and Vance, and his children, Austin and Dakota.
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As of January, the Ohio family has five children after adopting young Levi, 2. Levi is the son of Wesley\u2019s ex-wife, who passed away four days after the child was born<\/a>. The ex-wife had the boy prematurely, at 33 weeks, and died soon after from drug addiction and complications of COVID-19.<\/p>

When Levi was born, he was a ward of the state with no first name or birth certificate.<\/p>

\u201cWhen I heard about Levi, without hesitation, I said we should take him,\u201d Christie said, according to The Daily Mail<\/a>, and her reason went far beyond the fact that the child was the half-brother to two of her recently adopted children.<\/a> \u201cI myself was a foster kid and, although for the most part, I had a great experience, I did not want him going to foster care,\u201d Christie said.<\/a><\/p>


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Replying to @Journey\u2665\ufe0f Yes, they will always know of her and ill be there for every emotion good or bad. But im also mom, ive been to every game, every doctors appt, sat with them if they needed an ear loved unconditional . I am mom also. #adoption<\/a> #srorytime<\/a> #siblings<\/a> #foryou<\/a> #loveislove<\/a> <\/p> \u266c Paper Birds (3 min) – Jordan Halpern Schwartz<\/a> <\/section> <\/blockquote>