Jennifer Aniston Said She Never Wanted To Adopt Because She Wanted Kids With Her "Own DNA"

""They didn't know my story, or what I'd been going through over the past 20 years to try to pursue a family, because I don't go out there and tell them my medical woes," she said. "That's not anybody's business. But there comes a point when you can't not hear it - the narrative about how I won't have a baby, won't have a family, because I'm selfish, a workaholic. It does affect me - I'm just a human being. We're all human beings. That's why I thought, What the hell?""

""I will say there's a point where it's out of my control. There's literally nothing I can do about it," she shared, per People. "When people say, 'But you can adopt,' I don't want to adopt. I want my own DNA in a little person. That's the only way, selfish or not, whatever that is, I've wanted it," she said."

Jennifer Aniston reports that past tabloid scrutiny and pregnancy speculation had a massive emotional impact on her. She explains trying to pursue a family for about 20 years while keeping medical struggles private. Rumors after her divorce suggested career dedication caused the marriage breakdown. She describes accepting infertility as peaceful while acknowledging the emotional pain when fertility is definitively ended. She states a desire for a biological child and a reluctance to adopt because she wants her own DNA. Public reaction to her statements was divided, with some critics challenging her position on biological parenthood.

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