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Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Rumor: Surprise boy referrals

I've seen at least one Yahoo group poster (APC Yahoo group) who requested a girl but was completely surprised with a referral of a little boy. They didn't even have any boy names picked out. He is 10 mos old and from the Henan province.

I also read that one person says their agency got surprised with 2 referrals for boys for people who hadn't mentioned boys anywhere in their paperwork.

No way to tell if these two people are talking about the same agency or not.

Wow!

posted by M3 at 11:39 AM | Link

9 Comments:

  • My big China only agency received referrals for 5 boys this month. I have no idea if they were requested or a total surprise. My agency received 65 referrals in total (including one set of twin girls) this month. This is the most boys I have seen.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 12:00 PM  

  • Oh my....I am hoping I won't be dressing a son in drag ;0) I requested a little girl but, obviously, I will absolutely love either a son or daughter.

    By Blogger C's Mom, at 12:35 PM  

  • Our referral group (DTC March 05) had one surprise boy. It was a lot of fun and the couple, surprised, were thrilled! He is such a little cutie pie!!

    Really hoping they match a big huge group next time!
    Missy
    Mom to the Amazin' EFP

    By Blogger Unknown, at 8:01 PM  

  • you're freaking you-know-who out

    jon of traceyandjon

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 3:26 PM  

  • Where are these "boy referrals"? It would be great to see them online! Congrats to all the new families!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 7:06 PM  

  • I haven't seen any web sites that show the boy referrals dang it. If anyone finds one, send me the url please. I heard that 2 of the "big China only agency" boy referrals mentioned in comment #1 posted pictures to their Yahoo group, but it's not public so I can't link to it.

    By Blogger M3, at 7:34 PM  

  • Our agency (same one as "anyonymous"' above) did receive 5 boy referrals. 3 apparently went to families that specified "either". One went to a family who had "girl" in the homestudy, but "either" in the CCAA letter, and one went to family that had specified "girl" on ALL the paperwork. Both she and the agency were extremely surprised. This is apparently very rare.

    By Blogger Laura, at 9:19 AM  

  • Laura that is awesome info - thank you!!! And wow does this make things exciting.

    By Blogger M3, at 9:22 AM  

  • Thanks to D. for letting me know that one of the surprise boys is listed at the bottom of the June Jitterbugs referral page. Click here to go to the page and then scroll all the way down. (warning: the page plays music automatically)

    By Blogger M3, at 4:38 PM  

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