An orphan from Colombia whose adoption story went viral has finally been reunited with his adopted family and officially become part of the family.<br /><br />Sebastian, 11, spent the summer with JoBen and Amanda Barkey and their children Asher, Judah, Mishayla and Jameis from California, USA, as part of a hosting program organized by Kidsave.org.<br /><br />Secretly, the couple hoped to adopt Sebastian, but under Colombian hosting/adopting rules, they weren’t allowed to tell him - rules they followed explicitly.<br /><br />After an emotional ‘goodbye’ at the airport, when Sebastian had to return to Colombia, a few weeks later they surprised him on video chat to ask if he wanted to be part of the family.<br /><br />And three months later, after U.S. authorities approved their application to Sponsor Sebastian’s immigration through adoption, the family traveled to Colombia on Dec 4 to be reunited.<br /><br />Two days later, on Dec 6, they were finally back with Sebastian and on Dec 13 finalized the adoption and he became Sebastian Barkey.<br /><br />VideoID: TT-4219<br /><br />Rights Cleared & Verified: 12/13/2018<br /><br />----<br /><br />T&T Creative Media is a user generated video licensing company. We unearth, verify, package and deliver newsworthy clips to major news organizations and brands worldwide.<br /><br />To license this video clip for media or brand usage, contact licensing@tt-creative.com
