Getting the girls home was supposed to be the ending. It turned out to be the setup.
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Five embryo transfers. A partner who left between the second and the third. A best friend who flew to Kenya and posed as his wife to get through the paperwork. Two newborn daughters a government said were not Canadian.
“Everything I was sure of about myself got taken apart in my parents’ basement by two babies who did not care about any of it.”
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The story behind bringing my daughters home
September 30, 2026 · Joseph Tito, as told to Lindsey King
In Toronto Life, Joseph shares his journey through surrogacy in Kenya, the struggle to bring Stella and Mia home, and the family life that followed. A personal feature on the story behind The Dad Diaries.
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Read this →How I became a dad through surrogacy — the real version.
Cost, timeline, legal, agency decisions — every stage mapped honestly.
Kenya is where Stella and Mia were born. The surrogacy journey and the travel story are inseparable — traveling to Kenya for surrogacy, and one day traveling back with the twins.
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This story was originally featured in Newsweek, highlighting Joseph Tito's journey to fatherhood.