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- Haas, Michael
- Hadrian (under Roman Empire)
- Hakiwai, Reremoana
- Håkon I [The Good] (under Norwegian Ruling Families)
- Håkon of Trondhjem (under Norwegian Ruling Families)
- Hale, Matthew
- Halfdan the Black (under Norwegian Ruling Families)
- Hamilton, Alexander
- Hamilton, Scott Scovell
- Hamir Singh II (under India - Princely States: 4)
- Hancock, John
- Hannibal, Abram Petrovich
- Hansen, Ashia
- Harald of Sogn (under Norwegian Ruling Families)
- Harrison, Pakariki
- Harry, Deborah
- Hawai'ian Royal Families
- Haynes, Lemuel
- Head, Bessie
- Hedgewar, Keshav Baliram
- Heiric of Auxerre
- Helena (under Nazi Germany)
- Hensley, Albert
- Henson, Matthew Alexander
- Heracles
- Hildegard of Bingen
- Hill, David
- Hill, Faith
- Hilton, Daisy & Violet
- Hirst, Damien
- Hitler, Adolf
- Hobsbawm, Eric
- Hokusai
- Holmes, Ann
- Holt, Gary
- Honorific Adoption
- Hoo-moo-thy-ah
- Hoover, Herbert Clark
- Hopkins, Antony
- Houdini, Harry
- Houston, Samuel
- Hugh of Cluny
- Hughes, Langston
- Hura, Maata Te Reo
- Hurston, Zora Neale
- Hyde, Joseph Peter
- Hyde, Orson
- Hyllus
Haas, Michael
Dr. Haas was born to an unmarried woman in Detroit, Michigan, and raised in Los Angeles, California. He has degrees from Stanford University and ... [more]
Hadrian (under Roman Empire)
Ancient Roman society institutionalized the adoption of adults. It was relatively common for a wealthy Roman couple to adopt an adult man, even a slave, as heir if they did not have any son... [more]
Hakiwai, Reremoana
Hakiwai was the fourth child born to a farming family at Manutuke. As a baby she became the tamaiti whangai of Tamati Pewhairangi of Tokomaru Bay, where she stayed until she was sent to a b... [more]
Håkon I [The Good] (under Norwegian Ruling Families)
In the Middle Ages fostering was practiced between the great families of Norway, possibly as a means of cementing interfamily alliances or demonstrating reciprocal status relationships. Acc... [more]
Håkon of Trondhjem (under Norwegian Ruling Families)
In the Middle Ages fostering was practiced between the great families of Norway, possibly as a means of cementing interfamily alliances or demonstrating reciprocal status relationships. Acc... [more]
Hale, Matthew
Hale was orphaned by the age of five and fostered by Anthony Kingscote. He had no interest in the law until 1628, when he began to study intensively. He was called to the bar in 1637 and ev... [more]
Halfdan the Black (under Norwegian Ruling Families)
In the Middle Ages fostering was practiced between the great families of Norway, possibly as a means of cementing interfamily alliances or demonstrating reciprocal status relationships. Acc... [more]
Hamilton, Alexander
Hamilton and his older brother were the illegitimate sons of James Hamilton, a Scottish trader, and Rachel Faucett Lavien, who was married to another man. He was born on the Caribbean islan... [more]
Hamilton, Scott Scovell
Hamilton was adopted at six weeks of age by two university professors, joining an older born-to daughter. Later his family adopted another son. He stopped growing when he was three or fo... [more]
Hamir Singh II (under India - Princely States: 4)
Until the 19th century what is now India (like Europe) was a patchwork of over 650 princely states, like kingdoms, ranging from the small and relatively unimportant, to the large, immensely... [more]
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