While the national debate continues on whether white couples should adopt black children, and vice versa, a white Paddock Hills couple who adopted biracial children says it's been a blessing for them.

        Mimi Chamberlin and Trey Daly adopted two mixed-race children into their family, which includes two birth children: Hannah, 11 and Griffin, 3.

        “We haven't had any problems,” Ms. Chamberlin said. “We had heard about some black social workers who didn't think white couples should adopt African-American children. First, we thought of an interna tional adoption.”

        They decided why adopt overseas when they could find kids here needing a family.

        The couple — she is executive director of the Churches Active in the Northside organization and he is a legal aid lawyer — adopted both children from birth. Maya, 7, was born in Dayton, Ohio, and Desmond, 4, in Cincinnati. Both had white birth mothers and African-American birth fathers.

        They now live in Paddock Hills, a neighborhood near North Avondale, where the combined population of the two communities is 2,742 whites and 3,577 blacks.

        The family attends St. Anthony Catholic Church in Madisonville, which has a diverse membership.

        Their children attend the North Avondale Montessori, a Cincinnati Public magnet school with a diverse student population.

        “We felt it was important to provide a setting that is culturally and racially mixed,” Ms. Chamberlin said.

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