History HappilyAdopted / LiveActionTV

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': The revelation that [[spoiler:Jon Snow is not Ned Stark's bastard by a mysterious mother, but rather his sister Lyanna's secret son with Rhaegar Targaryen (and therefore Ned's nephew) means this. Jon very clearly loves Ned and his five "half-siblings", a feeling reciprocated by all of them. The only issue is that Ned's wife Catelyn dislikes Jon as a physical reminder that Ned (supposedly) once cheated on her, and wishes he were elsewhere]].

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': The revelation that [[spoiler:Jon Snow is not Ned Stark's bastard by a mysterious mother, but rather his sister Lyanna's secret son with Rhaegar Targaryen (and therefore Ned's nephew) means this. Jon very clearly loves Ned and his "half-siblings", a feeling reciprocated by all of them. The only issue is that Ned's wife Catelyn dislikes Jon as a physical reminder that Ned (supposedly) once cheated on her, and wishes he were elsewhere]].

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': The revelation that [[spoiler:Jon Snow is not Ned Stark's bastard, but rather his sister Lyanna's secret son with Rhaegar Targaryen (and therefore his nephew) means this. Jon very clearly loves the Starks, a feeling that is reciprocated.]]

* In the ''Series/{{Flashpoint}}'' episode "Severed Ties", two girls named Becky and Riley are HappilyAdopted by two different families. But their birth mother upon being released from prison was led to believe she still has custody over them and had a breakdown when realizing she would not be getting her daughters back. So she kidnapped her daughters as a way for them to become a family again.

* ''Series/ResidentAlien'': After her mom abandoned her, Dan had raised Asta (we don't learn what became of her birth father). She fully considers Dan to be her father, and they clearly love each other (he's a bit overprotective due to her {{domestic abuse}} from Jimmy though).

* In ''Series/{{Flashpoint}}'', the two girls, Becky and Riley, in "Severed Ties" are both HappilyAdopted by two different families. But their birth mother upon being released from prison was led to believe she still has custody over them and had a breakdown when realizing she would not be getting her daughters back. So she kidnapped her daughters as a way for them to become a family again.

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* ''Series/CobraKai'' goes [[DownplayedTrope halfway]] with Miguel. He still lives with his mother, who bailed on his father before he was born. After becoming the new Cobra Kai's first student he comes to see Johnny as a father-figure. (Johnny in turn sees Miguel as a second chance after becoming estranged from his own son.) Later on he tracks down his biological father who turns out to be a total scumbag, which further strengthens his bond with Johnny. [[spoiler: Johnny eventually marries Carmen, thus going from father-figure to actual father. And for bonus points, Miguel and Robby, now stepbrothers, finally put an end to their feud and become friends.]]

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': The revelation that [[spoiler:Jon Snow is not Ned Stark's bastard, but rather his sister, Lyanna's secret son with Rhaegar Targaryen (and therefore his nephew) means this. Jon very clearly loves the Starks, a feeling that is reciprocated.]]

* In the HBO series ''Ballers'', in the episode "Ride and Die," Spenser starts to tell Joe a story about his father.
-->'''Joe:''' What, your real dad or your adopted dad?
-->'''Spenser:''' Asshole, my adopted dad ''is'' my real dad.
-->'''Joe:''' Good, I didn't want to hear a story about you searching for your biological father.

* ''Series/{{Deputy}}'': Cade and his wife Teresa have been unable to conceive. As a result, they look into adoption, taking two orphaned kids in before adopting them. They become loving parents to their adopted kids Roberto and Camillo, gaining the trust of both while also finally having a biological child. Cade had grown up in the foster care system along with his sister, so he's determined to give the kids the loving family which he never had.

* In ''Romeo!'', a Black family adopted a [[TokenWhite White boy]] named Louis.
* ''Series/TheQueensGambit'': It takes some time but ultimately Alma and Beth really do bond as mother and daughter. Alma isn't a perfect parent, accidentally setting up Beth to become an alcoholic, but she does her best to encourage Beth to expand her horizons while supporting her chess career.

* In ''Series/QueerAsFolk'', Michael and Ben are Hunter's foster parents, but in the last season they offer to adopt him, and he's very happy to accept.

* The titular hero of ''Series/TheMandalorian'' was a foundling adopted into the clan, and he is fiercely loyal to them. He also helps ensure that other foundlings are also cared for.

* ''Series/{{Willow}}'': Jade was adopted, raised and trained by Ballantine. Prior to him being [[DemonicPossession possessed]] and [[TheCorruption corrupted]] because of this, it seems they have a loving father-daughter relationship. [[spoiler:Before he dies from her [[MercyKill mercy stroke]], Ballantine tells Jade how much raising her meant, along with his pride in her. Jade is heartbroken after having killed him, even if it was to spare him pain.]]

* Dr. Amanda Bentley in ''Series/DiagnosisMurder'' came from a happy and well-off family. In later seasons, she revealed that she was a foster child (actress Victoria Rowell was also adopted). Later Dr. Bentley adopted Dion, rescuing him from an abusive foster family.

* ''Series/ResidentAlien'': After her mom abandoned her, Dan had raised Asta (we don't learn what became of her birth father). She fully considers Dan to be her father, and they clearly love each other (he's a bit [[OverprotectiveDad overprotective]] due to her {{domestic abuse}} from Jimmy though).

* ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'' involves a German revolutionary who had kidnapped the child of one of his victims and raised her as his own. At first Nichols believes it was the means to an end, but he later realizes that, as messed up as the situation is, the man really does love the girl as his own. In the end, he's willing to sacrifice everything, including his ideals, to save her life.

* ''Series/MayfairWitches'': Rowan and her adopted mom clearly have a close, very loving mother-daughter relationship.

* ''Series/WarOfTheWorlds2019'': Theo has been adopted in all but name by Sophie after his family was killed, and he's very happy with the situation, as she's a caring, devoted mother to him. Her sister Catherine is very impressed by this, as she'd been a pretty irresponsible drug user until the invasion. Adopting Theo made her go clean and grow up greatly.

* Smallville: Since it’s about a teenage Clark Kent, Clark and Jonathan and Martha, natch. In fact, several characters flat out STATE they wish they had the Kents for parents.

* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': While the circumstances behind Worf being adopted by the human couple Sergey and Helena Rozhenko were far from happy (they found him as the sole survivor of his colony after a Romulan attack), he considers them as much his family as his Klingon ancestors. At one point, Guinan tells Worf's adoptive parents that when Worf looks out the window toward home, "He's not looking toward the Klingon Empire. He's looking toward you."

* ''Series/DexterNewBlood'': Audrey was adopted by Angela when her birth mother abandoned her. She's a loving, dedicated mother to her, and Audrey seems happy with her life (at least insofar as any teen is). Though they but heads, she still very much considers Angela her real mom and loves her as such.