There are far more roads to adoption than ever before, and more nontraditional adoptions are taking place. Today, you can adopt your stepchild, grandchild, or other family members. Single and older parents and same-sex couples, who in the past may have been discriminated against, are now some of the more prominent adopters. Hundreds of thousands of children in the United States and millions of children around the world need families, and adoption agencies are looking for new avenues to place these children.