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Doctor who adopted and raised a teen boy teared up when he discovered the kid's true identity

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It all started with a Facebook post about needing a home for a teenage boy who had lost both his parents. Doctor James C. Wittig, a single, never-married physician, always wanted to be a dad, but joked that he "wished he could start fatherhood with a 13-year-old." Seeing this post, he saw it as the opportunity the had been praying for, and volunteered to raise the boy. After living together for months, Wittig would discover that he and the boy h…

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Upworthy broke the news in on Thursday, November 6, 2025.
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