A Black North Carolina man is the head of a unique family. A solo dad over the last six years, he has adopted four white children who needed a home.
Peter Mutabazi’s children are Anthony, 17; Isabella, 8; Luke, 7, and a toddler daughter, whose name has not been disclosed.
He finds being a father to these kids to be very important because he remembers what it was like to be a child on his own and how transformative it was to have someone step in and help in his time of need.
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When Mutabazi was a boy, he lived in an abusive home, which led him to run away and live on the streets in Kampala, Uganda. A stranger came into his life and changed everything. This included sponsoring his high-school education, which enabled him to get a college scholarship, a path that eventually led to him moving to the United States.
The 49-year-old said his love for his children transcends race and is one of the things that makes the unconventional family he has special.
“Sometimes it feels surreal,” he said in an interview with CNN. “I look at them, and I can’t believe that they are my kids. They have my last name. I can’t believe that this once homeless and hopeless person has now created this crazy family filled with love.”
The foster child story is, unfortunately, one with which many Americans are familiar.
Department of Health and Human Services statistics show that there were nearly 400,000 children in foster care in the United States during fiscal year 2021.
Before becoming an adopted father, Mutabazi served as a foster dad to approximately three dozen young children of all races and cultures. In the United States, he stands out as a rarity, as only around 3 percent of foster parents are single men, and the number of Black immigrant males serving as foster parents is even smaller.
Mutabazi shares his extraordinary family with the world on social media. His Instagram profile has over 328,000 followers. Still, not…
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