“Their love, support, and commitment were exactly what I needed,” Alec Ingold once said for his foster parents. These words reflected the gratefulness and sentiments he felt for them. It is especially his mom Chris Ingold that the Miami Dolphins fullback never fails to pay tribute to. In fact, he credits his parents, especially his dad, Pat for his successful NFL career. “My parents did a great job of being extremely transparent. So it was never a secret,” he earlier stated.

Clearly, with his parent’s unwavering support, he continues to add more accolades to his NFL career list. Thus, the fans are equally invested in knowing about his adoptive parents.

Meet Alec Ingold’s foster mom, Chris, and dad, Pat Ingold

The NFL  fullback’s foster dad, Pat Ingold works in the paper and goods industry at Creative Converting as a director of Purchasing in Clintonville, Wisconsin. According to his LinkedIn profile, since 2007, he has been part of the Hoffmaster Group as a director. Apart from his creative purchasing experience, Pat Ingold is also a sports enthusiast just like Alec.

Reportedly, his dad has a remarkable collegiate wrestling career. He served as a wrestler at Northern Michigan University where secured the two-time All-American wrestler title. During his time at NMU (1984 to 1989), he also earned his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. Thus, it is no wonder that his athletic father has motivated him to pursue a sporting career. He encouraged him to pursue his NFL goals by establishing athletic discipline in him

Alec’s bond with his dad became even more evident in 2020 when he demonstrated his love on Father’s Day. “Happy Father’s Day! The best garage storage installation team in the country,” he mentioned in his post caption.

Alec is not only close with his father, but his foster mother, Christine Horstman Ingold is also his strongest supporter. Reportedly, she has served as a third-grade teacher. She continued to help him in determining his NFL career trajectory by instilling in him strong values and discipline. Apparently, she prefers to keep her life private, as her Instagram account, @cingold12 is not activated.

But, seemingly, Alec shares a healthy relationship with his mom. A year back in May 2023, he took to his Official Instagram to express his love for his mom on the occasion of Mother’s Day.

Along with posting many family photos, including one of his mother, he also included a wonderful caption. “Happy Mother’s Day to @cingold12 We love you so much,” he wrote. Not only this, Alec is often seen to share his affection for his parents as he was raised in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Alec’s special bond with his foster parents

Previously, during an interview, he also expressed his gratitude and deep love for his foster parents for keeping everything transparent to him. “I never knew anything different,” he remarked. Acknowledging the love, support, and care they have shown the professional. Undoubtedly, he has become a live example that family is more than simply blood relations.

However, not only does he feel glad for having Chris and Pat Ingold as his foster parents, but his parents also feel blessed to adopt him as their son.  Ingold’s parents once called him “an amazing gift” and something that they will “treasure forever.”

Chris and Pat are also parents to their daughter, Sydnie, a dancer with whom Alec shares a healthy relationship. Earlier, he expressed his thankfulness to his parents and his supportive sis. “I’m thankful for my family. I’m thankful for my little sister and my parents and being so close to a family that loves you so much,” Miami star stated.

Besides this, Alec also proudly talks about his adoption. Ingold earlier revealed that 29 years ago in 1996,  Pat and Chris, adopted him at birth. Allegedly he met his biological mother at the age of 8. “I just remember it was pretty emotional for everyone involved,” he added. “I think it was a lot of happiness, that this is what everyone was hoping for.”

Apart from that, Ingold also disclosed the challenges he had faced at a young age, such as the fact that he is mixed race and his parents are white. Though, later he managed to avoid such issues. And, impressively, his adoption has become the strength that prepared him to face challenges.

Besides this, his support for kids in the foster care and adoption community is also widely recognized as he believes, “A kid that is adopted can go out and do whatever they want to do.” As a result of his parents’ unwavering support, he rose to become one of the top fullbacks in the NFL.