Adoptee Biographies, Page 3

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Faith Daniels

Daniels was conceived as a result of a rape and her mother asked that she be adopted. She graduated from Bethany College. She joined CBS News as one of the youngest ever news anchors; in... [more]

Faith Hill

Hill (full name: Audrey Faith Perry Hill) was adopted when a few days old by Ted and Edna Perry, who had two older born-two sons and wanted a daughter, and raised in Star, Mississippi. Her ... [more]

Freddie Bartholomew

Bartholomew was born in Dublin but abandoned by his parents to the care of an aunt, Millicent Mary Bartholomew. In 1930 he began his film career as a child star with Fascination, and... [more]

George Washington Carver

Carver was born into slavery, to a "good" owner, Moses Carver; his mother was the only slave he had ever owned, and she was well-treated. His father, from a neighboring plantation... [more]

Greg Louganis

Louganis is of Samoan-Swedish ancestry and was adopted when a few months old by a white couple who also adopted another child. He began competitive diving when he was 10. He had a troubled ... [more]

James MacArthur

MacArthur, star of the television series Hawaii Five-O, was adopted as an infant by actress Helen Hayes (1900-93) and her husband, playwright Charles MacArthur (1895-1956). The family inclu... [more]

James Michener

Michener was a foundling, raised in Bucks County, Pennsylvania by a widow who took in a number of such children. There was no father figure in the home and they lived in extreme poverty, al... [more]

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Rousseau's mother died a few days after he was born (in Switzerland) and he was then raised by an aunt and uncle. Another version of his life says his father raised him until he was 10, ... [more]

Jesse Jackson

Jackson was born to an unmarried woman. His birth father was her next-door neighbor, but he was married with children and had very little contact with Jesse. His mother married when he was ... [more]

Jesus

According to the Biblical accounts and orthodox Christian tradition, Jesus was not the biological son of Joseph the Carpenter , but literally the son of God. He was referred to by his cont... [more]

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