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We got love for all the baby mommas out there! Celebrities are showing us that motherhood is a beautiful thing, no matter how it comes to be.

In the last 20 years, celebrities have gone into a frenzy adopting kids into entertainment royalty from all over the world. The adoption of kids by A-list Celebrities like Madonna, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, and Sandra Bullock is helping to redefine what it means to be an American family.

GlobalGrind compiled a list of celebrities who have adopted children over the years. Check out the photos on the following pages!

Above: Madonna is seen with her two adopted children, both from Malawi.

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Calista Flockhart pictured with her adopted her son, Liam. She adopted him as a newborn in 2001.

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Last September Katherine Heigl and her husband, singer Joshua Kelley, adopted a baby girl, Naleigh (now almost 2) from South Korea.

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Mariska Hargitay and her husband, actor Peter Hermann, adopted a baby girl, baby Amaya Josephine from the United States.

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Hugh Jackman and his wife, Deborra-Lee Furness, are proud of their decision years ago to adopt their multiracial children – Oscar, 9, and Ava, 4.
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Sandra Bullock recently adopted her son, Louis Bardo Bullock, a 3½-month-old boy, born from New Orleans.
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Brad and Angelina, seen with their adopted children, have redefined what it means to be an American family.
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Probably the most well known celebrity to adopt, Lionel Richie poses with his daughter, Nicole Richie, whom he adopted in 1983, when she was 2.