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Eagan Couple That Used Craigslist to Adopt a Child Featured on ABC News
Following years of fertility treatments, Dan and Tracey Citron of Eagan got innovative in their adoption methods—and became part of a surprising new trend.
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After deciding to adopt a child, Eagan residents Dan and Tracey Citron took to the Internet.
They created a blog to document their lives, careers, home and pets. The couple opened a Twitter account and Facebook page to help get the word out. And they even posted daily ads on Craigslist to let birth moms know they were ready to adopt.
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It was the Craigslist campaign that finally paid off for the Citrons, according to an ABC News Nightline story featuring the couple and an article in Yahoo! Shine.
Tammy Nelson, a 24-year-old mother in Arizona, saw the Citrons' Craigslist post after searching "adoption" and "Phoenix, Arizona" online one night, according to Yahoo! Shine.
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