Cincinnati, Ohio. Carter took the extraordinary step last month of adopting five children–all age 10 or under–at once.Carter grew up in foster care and has always felt the sting of separation from his siblings. “I’ve always known I wanted to adopt because I grew up in foster care myself,” he told The Daily Mail. “I knew about my sexuality very young, so I always figured I’d have to adopt if I wanted kids.”Carter became a foster parent in December 2019, taking in three of the brothers from the family: Robert Jr., Giovanni, and Kiontae.
Only later did he learn that the boys had two other sisters, placed elsewhere in foster care. He immediately set up a date for the boys to reunite with their sisters, Marionna and Makayla, for an afternoon.