Elton Extends Adoption Search

05 October 2009

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Sir Elton John is continuing his search for an orphan to adopt with his partner David Furnish.

The Rocket Man singer, who wed Furnish in a civil partnership in 2005, was devastated after his dreams of playing parent to Lev, a toddler he met in a Ukrainian orphanage, were dashed by a local law forbidding gay couples from adopting.

Film producer Furnish reveals the pair has since considered taking in aboy from Africa.

We would love to adopt Lev, but that does not seem possible under Ukrainian rules

He tells Britain's Sunday Telegraph, "We were in Africa for the (Sir Elton John) Aids Foundation and met a boy, and immediately thought about adopting him".

But the pair decided they would have to look elsewhere after learning the tot was still connected to members of his family.

Furnish adds, "When we found out he had a maternal grandmother, and brother and sister, we realised it wouldn't be the right thing to take him away from the family he had there. We would love to adopt Lev, but that does not seem possible under Ukrainian rules".

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