My father was too. But things are much different now. Adoption is expensive and risky. There is no children’s homes anymore. My grandparents went to a place run by nuns with hundreds of children to chose from. It was a much easier process.
when i was adopted back in 1955, my parents picked me up at the hospital at 5 days old and paid around $300 or so to hire a lawyer to proceed with the adoption. so ya it was simple then.. now you got social worker visits ect cost thousands