It had never been a secret that Rebekah had always wanted to be a mother. However as an original vampire, she could not carry her own children. Vampires could not procreate naturally after all. Her elder half brother Klaus was the exception as the original hybrid. When Hayley had asked her why she never adopted Rebekah took a few days to consider this. It wasnt out of the ordinary for some vampires. Klaus had done so unofficially with Marcel. Thus she ended up at an orphanage near New Orleans.