Hey Vi, God bless you for considering adoption.
I am adopted and my parents happen to be white, which obviously causes mass confusion for a lot of people who see my family together... but we seem to have managed.
If you're interested in adopting a baby, I would also suggest to perhaps look into international adoption. The very reason my own parents did this was because at the time, it was a 5-7 year wait for a domestic adoption, but 2-5 years for an international adoption. It took them about 2 1/2 years to get me. However, I know a lot has changed since then, and these days, you might be required to make several trips to your child's home country (at the time, my parents were not required to do this.)
At one time in my life, I had hoped to have a family through both birth and adoption, but since that hasn't worked out, I participate in my old adoption agency's sponsorship program instead.
My adoption files say that I was found in a cardboard box in front of a theater and taken to the police, and then the adoption agency. I don't know if this is actually true though, as I've recently read that many of these stories are prettied up. Most often, in the country I came from, it's really a case of an "accidental" baby who would be seen as a shame to the family, and so they are quietly disposed of in some way or another. God bless you for being open to adopting children like me.
I was able to visit my old adoption agency in 1994, and talk about a heartbreaking experience.
One of the things I've often asked God is why He would choose to rescue me when there are SO many other kids out there. I always feel a need to somehow give back, even if it's in a small way.
It might be very possible that you might do well adopting on your own? I've known two other adoptees whose mothers adopted them on their own and never married. Neither one of these girls I met had ever felt like they were missing something even though they'd never had a father.
I'm always amazed at how God knits families together is so many different ways, and maybe He has a unique plan for you and your future family as well.
Please PM me if you would like--I'd be happy to give you the name of my former adoption agency, as well as any other information I might be able to help you with.