There was nothing definitive… it just didn’t work,” Alex explained. Family was central to them.Īfter marrying in 2015, they tried for a biological child. They knew they wanted children even at the beginning of the relationship. Alex was working at DFPS and Carlos worked in finance. Each call resulted in a new child being added to their fast-growing family. Some details and names of children have been changed to protect their identities.Īlex and Carlos Torres have received no less than four life-changing phone calls since they married in 2015.