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Kinder der Landstraße
From 1926 to 1973 the Swiss child welfare foundation Pro Juventute (founded in 1912 and still functioning) promoted and carried out, with the active co-operation of the federal, cantonal, a... [more]
Kishi Nobusuke
Kishi was adopted as a child by his uncle in a form of adoption similar to classical Roman adoption (see Roman Empire ), where a childless or sonless couple adopts a boy or man as their he... [more]
Li Lu
Li Lu was one of the leaders of the Chinese student democracy movement which culminated in the Tiananmen Square Massacre. His parents were victims of the Cultural Revolution: when he was a ... [more]
Li Peng
Li, an ethnic Hakka, was born the son of Li Shixun and Zhoa Juntao, friends of Zhou Enlai and his wife, Deng Yingchao. His father, who like Zhou and Deng was a Communist revolutionary, was ... [more]
Liu, Gordon
Liu is one of the most famous actors in Hong Kong kung fu movies, appearing in at least 47 films from 1974 to 1994, including Heroes from the East, My Young Auntie, Shaolin Challenges Ninja... [more]
Lue Gim Gong
Lue was born into a wealthy farming family in Canton. An uncle who had already emigrated to the USA returned with stories of the great opportunities there, and at the age of 12 Lue prevaile... [more]
Masters, Tom
Masters was born in Pusan, Korea, and adopted by an American family when he was six. He was the first Asian-American to be hired by the Kansas State Police Department and the first Korea... [more]
Momotaro
In one of the best-loved of all Japanese folk tales, an elderly childless Japanese couple find a baby inside a large peach floating down the river, whom they name Momotaro ("Peach Boy&... [more]
Muko Yoshi
In Japan a family which has daughters but no sons may adopt the husband of one of the daughters. He will take on his wife's family's surname and the obligations of a born-to son to his pare... [more]
Nguyen, Martine (see under 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]
