Always in Contact or Knew Identities, Page 2

See also: When Placed: Adolescence, Adopted as an Adult, Honorific Adoptions, and mosted children placed with Relatives or Family Friends.

Adler-Collins, Je Kan, Agbabi, Patience, Apess, William, Baca, Jimmy Santiago, Bálint, Lea, Beley, Ennis, Bijani, Laden & Laleh, Braimoh, Dilly, Brodkey, Harold, Brown, Mick, Bustamante, William Alexander, Chanel, Gabrielle Bonheur, Culpepper, Daunte, d'Alembert, Jean le Rond, Dalai Lamas, Dante Alighieri, Gaveston, Piers, Head, Bessie, Hensley, Albert, India (Princely States), Iwasaki, Mineko (under Geisha), Jehoash, Kindertransport, Lee, George Patrick, List, Liesbeth, Lopez, Charlotte Anne, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mahuta, Robert Te Kotahitanga a Koroki, Marcus Aurelius (under Roman Empire), Mary the Virgin, McKenzie, Richard B., McRobbie, Narelle, Mici Plwm, Morrissey, Neil, Moses, Myers, Billie, Nana Saheb (under India - Princely States: 6), Poutapu, Wiremu Te Ranga, Ratana, Tahupotiki Wiremu, Samuel, Stanley, Henry Morton, Tamaiti Whangai, Te Waharoa, Trokosi, Whitbread, Fatima,

Bustamante, William Alexander

Little is known for certain about Bustamante's early life, which he seems to have deliberately concealed or fabricated, but he was probably born in Jamaica into poverty, one of 13 children,... [more]

Chanel, Gabrielle Bonheur

Chanel was illegitimate, one of probably six children, although her parents married in 1885. She later surrounded her early life in romantic inventions, but the facts seem to be that her fa... [more]

Culpepper, Daunte

Culpepper was born to an unmarried teenager in jail for armed robbery (she is now a qualified social worker, with five other children, and they have always been in contact, although he has ... [more]

d'Alembert, Jean le Rond

d'Alembert was a foundling , discovered near the church of St. Jean-le-Rond in Paris (hence his name), but he was in fact the son of Madame de Tencin and General Destouches-Canon. His fath... [more]

Dalai Lamas

The Dalai Lamas - supreme heads of Tibetan Buddhism and also the secular rulers of Tibet before the Chinese invasion - as well as some other important leaders of the religion (such as the P... [more]

Dante Alighieri

Dante was from a noble family, orphaned as a boy and educated by the Dominicans. (According to the Encarta Encyclopedia his father did not die until he was 18, which would put him beyond th... [more]

Gaveston, Piers

It has always been taken for granted that Gaveston, executed in 1312, was the lover of King Edward II. He had been introduced to the court by Edward I and brought up in the royal household ... [more]

Head, Bessie

Head was the child of a wealthy white South African woman and a Black servant when interracial relationships were illegal in South Africa. Her mother was sent to a mental hospital as punish... [more]

Hensley, Albert

Hensley's mother died when he was a baby and he was fostered by his grandmother for five years, until she died. Then he went through a series of foster families for two years, before going ... [more]

India (Princely States)

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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