Figuring out fatherhood

Three dads take on fatherhood under different circumstances and their children adore them all the more for it

PHOTOS: COURTESY OF ALVIN CHIA, COURTESY OF KARAN GURNANI, COURTESY OF CALEB TAN
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Fathers are champions and this is vividly seen in the stories of dads who bring up kids in special circumstances.

Civil servant Alvin Chia and his wife crossed ethnic boundaries to adopt a child from an unwed Indian undergraduate, nine years after the birth of their only daughter.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on June 21, 2020, with the headline Figuring out fatherhood. Subscribe