Oklahoma boy, 9, flooded with adoption requests after heartbreaking plea for family

Luke O'Reilly17 August 2020

A heartbreaking plea from a boy who has been in foster care for six years has inspired thousands of adoption requests.

Nine-year-old Jordan has been in care of the Department of Human Services in Oklahoma since 2014.

In an emotional video for KFOR, he said if he was granted three wishes they would all be for a family.

Last year his younger brother Braison was adopted, leaving him alone. Jordan said he wanted to be adopted so he could have "people to talk to".

Jordan's younger brother, Braison, left, was adopted last year
KFOR

In 12 hours after the video was broadcast, more than 5,000 people have asked about adopting him.

People have made the requests from across the US, with people messaging in Florida and Illinois.

In the video, Jordan told KFOR he wants a "mom and dad. Or just a mom. Or a dad - I don't really care."

He added: "The reason it’s important is because so I could have some people to talk to anytime I need to. I hope one of y’all pick me."

Oklahoma's care department has had to introduce an overtime schedule to cope with the amount of requests.

Christopher Marlow, who is reviewing profiles for potential matches for the nine-year-old, said that Jordan has been moved around to multiple foster homes since 2014.

He said that Jordan has "been through a whole lot compared to most of our kids", adding that he is "really excited about this".

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