Who Are or Were Also Adopters or Foster Parents
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- Antonius Pius (under Roman Empire)
- Arimardan Singh (under India - Princely States: 10)
- Aristotle
- Augustus Caesar Octavius (under Roman Empire)
- Baker, Josephine
- Banks, John
- Bhanu Pratap Singh (under India - Princely States: 10)
- Big Day, William
- Bokassa I
- Brooks-Randolph, Angie
- Brosnan, Pierce
- Carruthers, Kitty
- Clare, Monica
- Danson, Ted
- Gaius Caligula (under Roman Empire)
- God's Wife
- Guang Xu (under Chinese Qing Dynasty)
- Hadrian (under Roman Empire)
- Hokusai
- Jackson, Andrew
- Jiji Bai Sahib Maharaj (under India - Princely States: 2)
- Jones, Pei Te Hurinui
- Kano Sanraku
- Kutner, Lawrence
- Lakshman Singh II (under India - Princely States: 10)
- Lee, John Doyle
- Lone Wolf II
- MacBride, Roger Lea
- Marcus Ulpius Trainus (under Roman Empire)
- Muhammad
- Okada Keishu
- Rajaram II Raje Bhonsle (under India - Princely States: 1)
- Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji (under India Princely States: 3)
- Ranmalji II (under India - Princely States: 3)
- Ratahi, Topsy Stewart
- Roach, Archie
- Rukupo, Raharui
- Ruth Luka Ke'ekikolani (under Hawai'ian Royal Families)
- Ruth, George Herman ("Babe")
- Sajjan Singh (under India - Princely States: 4)
- Salter, Shane
- Sardar Singh (under India - Princely States: 4)
- Sawant Singh (under India - Princely States: 8)
- Schreiber, Lorna
- Shahaji II Bhonsle (under India- Princely States: 2)
- Shahaji III (under India - Princely States: 1)
- Shambhu Singh (under India - Princely States: 4)
- Shin, Paull H.
- Swaroop Singh (under India - Princely States: 4)
- Swaroop Singh (under India - Princely States: 4)
- Taare, Sonny
- Tangiia Nui
- Te Kanawa, Kiri
- Teriimaevarua (under Pomare Dynasty)
- Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus (under Roman Empire)
- Whitman, Marcus
- Zhang Xianzhong (under Sun Kewang)
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]
Arimardan Singh (under India - Princely States: 10)
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]
Aristotle
Aristotle was the son of Nicomachus, physician to King Amyntas II. His parents died when he was still a very young boy and he was brought up by a guardian, Proxenus, who sent him to Plato's... [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]
Baker, Josephine
Baker (the surname of her second husband) was born Josephine Carson to an unmarried couple in the slums of St. Louis, Missouri. Her father abandoned the family before she was a year old, an... [more]
Banks, John
Banks was a New Zealand National Party MP from 1981 to 1999 and has been Minister of Tourism; Sport, Fitness and Leisure; Local Government; and Civil Defence (he resigned his cabinet posts ... [more]
Bhanu Pratap Singh (under India - Princely States: 10)
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]
Big Day, William
Big Day was adopted and raised in the traditional ways of his people by his adoptive grandparents. He was baptized a Roman Catholic but later converted to the Tipi Way sect of the Native Am... [more]
Bokassa I
Jean-Bédel Bokassa was born to a married couple, and his father was a chief. His father was murdered by the French colonial occupiers when he was six, and his mother committed suicide a wee... [more]
Brooks-Randolph, Angie
Brooks was one of nine children, and her parents were forced by poverty to place her in a foster home where she was brought up by a widowed seamstress. Ambitious to become a lawyer, she ... [more]
