Inside Barbara Walters' Struggle With Infertility

During an interview with Oprah Winfrey for her Master Class series, journalist Barbara Walters recalled the conversation that made her dreams of becoming a mother a reality. "We had dinner one night with a couple we rarely saw," she recalled. "The woman said that she had [the opportunity to adopt] a little girl who was blonde and blue eyed."

Walters went on to explain that the couple was weighing the pros and cons, as they had their hearts set on a baby boy. "They had lawyers out of state who were looking for this little boy. They wanted a boy who was going to be tall and had blue eyes and fair hair. They didn't want the girl. We said, 'We'll take the girl!'"

Walters and then-husband Lee Guber welcomed Jacqueline home when she was just four days old. In an interview, Jackie recalled learning about her adoption from her mom. "Mommies can have babies either from their tummies or from their hearts ... So she had me from her heart," she told ABC in 2006. "That 'real parent' is really a horrible label, because what makes a parent is not necessarily who gives birth to you. It's the one that wipes your butt, it's the one that takes a tissue and cleans up your tears. The one that is there for the good times and the bad."