Uploaded January 2015 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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At the age of 40 Jill Bird was told that she was "too old to adopt" in this country. Rather than giving up, she went to China and decided to adopt not 1 or 2 but 3 orphaned children - all with cleft palates - and raise them as her own.

Listen to Jill's full interview with Anne Diamond here: bit.ly/1uuXrmC