How did Katherine Heigl and husband Josh Kelley first decide on adoption? Well, it was pretty much a non-negotiable for the 44-year-old actress.
During an interview for the February 2023 issue of Red, Heigl remembered telling Kelley early on in their relationship that she wanted to start a family via adoption.
About six months after meeting my now-husband I was, like, ‘I’d better get a few things straight now: marriage and having a family are both really important to me; starting a family with adoption is also really important to me. If those things don’t speak to you, we should part ways.’
Thankfully, Kelley was “down with it,” so their relationship continued to blossom. Heigl went on to explain that adoption has always been a part of her life.
“I was born into it,” she explained, revealing how her older sister Meg was adopted from South Korea, “I wanted my family to look like the one I came from.”
For those who don’t know, Heigl and Kelley met on the set of Kelley’s music video, Only You, back in 2005 and got married two years later in 2007.
Their family began growing in September 2009 after adopting Naleigh, now 14, from South Korea. They grew their empire again in 2012 and 2017, respectively, with the adoption of Adalaide, now 10, and the birth of Joshua.
Sounds like a beautiful story. Congrats to the happy family!
