Nathaniel Healy remembers his parents dying in Ethiopia from a disease he could not pronounce. He recalls selling fruit on the side of the road and using the money to feed himself and his younger brother.

That was a lot to shoulder before his 10th birthday.

After the orphanage sent him to America, Nathaniel and his brother Abel lived in the University Place home of Tim and Jennifer Healy and their biological son, Brendan.

The two Ethiopian boys lived with the Healys for about a year before the adoption was finalized in September 2012, Jennifer said.