Earlier this month Madonna confirmed she adopted twin sisters from Malawi and said she is “overjoyed” to have them as part of her family Previously reported, in January, rumor had it that the pop icon had been given the green light to adopt 4-year-old orphaned twins, Stella and Esther Mwale , from Malawi. In the social media post the twins were wearing identical outfits with black-and-white horizontal stripes and dotted black socks as they were seated on a couch, with a woman playing piano in the background.