Actress Jennifer Connelly would like to adopt an African child, but fears it could ruin the relationship she has with her son Kai, 9. According to StarPulse, Jennifer feels that since her son had to deal with the split of his mom and dad, photographer David Dugan, the adoption could take a toll on him. She is now remarried to actor Paul Bettany.

She said, "We absolutely considered adopting. We have a son who went through a separation of his parents and then a new stepfather and a new sibling. He's had a lot of change so of course I really have to be sensitive to him."

She spent a lot of time at an orphanage while filiming Blood Diamond and said, "One of the kids I became close to was older than him. What would that mean to my family? Would my son feel displaced, all of a sudden having an older sibling who didn't speak the language and would need so much more time and attention?

"These are all concerns of mine and reasons why I didn't come home with a child even though, believe me, I would call Paul at night when he was away. I'd say, 'There's this baby and I don't know what to do and I love him so much and if I leave him here he might die.' It's complicated, but we are still considering."

Posted 1:00pm EST 01-19-2007