A SUPER MUM has revealed how she and her husband have adopted 19 children in just 15 years.
The couple, Shelly and Jared Wallace from Arizona, US, often share their families life on social media.
Shelly and Jared, who have been married for 15 years, first had two biological children but had their heart set on adoption.
In one TikTok video posted to their account, Crazy Middles, they revealed how people had warned them against adopting.
Shelly said: "You shouldn't adopt from foster care – those kids will have issues."
But this only spurred the couple on to do what they could to give children a loving home.
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So far the family have adopted 19 children who were in the foster care system.
Not only that but Shelly and Jared have made it their mission to find their adopted children's siblings and bring them back together to live as a family again.
in one YouTube video, the couple explained which of the children were biological siblings.
The eldest is Kylie, 27, from Shelly's previous marriage, Landen is 11 and the couple's only biological child together.
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Cody, 22, Elizabeth, 18 and Lacey, 19, were the first three children Shelly and Jared adopted form foster care.
The couple said they then decided to adopt siblings who had been split in the foster care system to bring them back together.
That's how the couple came about adopting Destiny, 25, Jonathan, 22, Cynthia, 18, who are all biologically related.
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Next is Spencer 18, and his older brother Weston, 23 who were adopted alongside Mason, 12, and Jacob, 14 – although the two are not biologically related.
Next to join the family was Anavaeh, 8, and Braxton, 10, the couple spent weeks searching for Anaveah's brother who was in foster care until they finally found him and brought him home.
Siblings Addison, 13, Aubrey, 14 and Harlan, 18, originally came in a group of four, but unfortunately one of the placements didn't work out.
Kason, 8, then joined the family along with brother and sister Trey, 7, and Brinley, 10.
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While some of the older kids have moved out now, the family house is never quiet.
Viewers of their TikTok video praised the beautiful family, and Shelly and Jared said they were tempted to start adopting again soon.
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