Adopted as an Adult

Ada (under Alexander the Great), Alexander the Great, Antonius Pius (under Roman Empire), Augustus Caesar Octavius (under Roman Empire), Boson of Arles, Brimeyer, Alex, Chosroes II, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Colden, Cadwallader, de Beauharnais, Eugène-Rose, de Beauharnais, Hortense, Dowd, Donny, Ephraim and Manasseh, Gaius Caligula (under Roman Empire), Germanicus Julius Caesar (under Roman Empire), Hadrian (under Roman Empire), Honorific Adoption, Houston, Samuel, Karl XIV Johan, Kean, Edmund, Lee, John Doyle, Lone Wolf II, Long Lance, Buffalo Child, Marcus Ulpius Trainus (under Roman Empire), Melville, Herman, Melzi, Francesco, Meyer, Julius, Michael V Kalaphates, Midas, Muko Yoshi, Nguyen, Martine (see under Bokassa I), O'Connell, James F., Powell, Peter John, Ranmalji II (under India - Princely States: 3), Roman Empire, Saigo Siro, Schünemann-Pott, Friedrich, Shahaji II Bhonsle (under India- Princely States: 2), Stanley, Henry Morton, Sun Kewang, Thyssen-Bornemisza, Heinrich, Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus (under Roman Empire), Vanunu, Mordechai,

Ada (under Alexander the Great)

Alexander was one of the greatest generals in history. His empire stretched from Greece to Egypt, Asia Minor and as far east as the River Ind in India. He was born the son of Philip II of ... [more]

Alexander the Great

Alexander was one of the greatest generals in history. His empire stretched from Greece to Egypt, Asia Minor and as far east as the River Ind in India. He was born the son of Philip II of ... [more]

Antonius Pius (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]

Augustus Caesar Octavius (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]

Boson of Arles

Boson was born before 850, the son of Buwin, Count of Ardennes. His father made him governor of Lombardy and in 879 Boson convened the nobility of Provence and had himself elected King of P... [more]

Brimeyer, born in the Congo (Zaïre) made a living in Europe from about 1966 by pretending to be the holder of a number of titles of nobility, including Prince Alexis d'Anjou Romanov-Dolgorou... [more]

Chosroes II

Chosroes was the son of King Hormizd IV, in whose overthrow and assassination in 590 he participated. After his father's death he escaped to the Byzantine Empire and was adopted by Emperor ... [more]

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons) practiced a form of ritual adoption from about 1842 to 1894. It is apparently first referred to in an article in The Latter-day... [more]

Colden, Cadwallader

Colden was born in Ireland and after graduating from the University of Edinburgh (1705) he emigrated to the American colonies (1710). He spent the next half century in the colonial civil se... [more]

de Beauharnais, Eugène-Rose

de Beauharnais was the son of Joséphine de Tascher de la Pagerie and Alexandre, Viscount de Beauharnais. Alexandre was guillotined during the Terror in 1794 and his mother married the futur... [more]