6 Families Whose Lives Were Changed Thanks to Facebook

Chicago couple Molly and John Connolly utilized the social networking site to connect with mom-to-be Valerie, who would eventually become their baby boy's birth mother.

When the couple decided that they were going to begin the adoption process, they created an open Facebook page called John and Molly Looking to Adopt and asked friends and family to join. In addition to feeling the support and love of a network of some 150 people, their page came up through Valerie's Google search: "Looking to adopt." In December 2009, Valerie gave birth and introduced the newborn child to his parents, Molly and John.