Illegal adoption

'Modern Family’ has always been praised for having a diverse cast of characters, though that sometimes unfortunately came at the cost of realism.

Beloved couple Cameron Tucker (Eric Stonestreet) and Mitchell Pritchett (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) adopted their daughter Lily, a Vietnamese girl.

Sadly, when the show debuted in 2009, same-sex coupled were not permitted to adopt in Vietnam, making the act illegal if the programme took place in the real world.