According to the website Contactmusic, Connelly would have loved to adopt an African child, but thought that it would have a negative impact on her son, Kai, 9. The boy has already had to deal with the separation of his parents.
Connelly explained, "We absolutely considered adopting. He’s had a lot of change so of course I really have to be sensitive to him."
The star of the film Blood Diamond spent a lot of time a Sierra Leone orphanage while filming on location.
Garner, 36, thought of adopting a child with her new husband, Paul Bettany, 35. After giving it more thought, she decided that her situation is too complexe now for adoption.