Birth Sibling(s) Remained With or Returned to Birth Family, Page 3

Hura, Maata Te Reo

Hura was one of seven children of Te Urumanaao Ngapaki and Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana at Orokeinui, Waipu block. Until she was 14 she was the tamaiti whangai of elderly relatives named Wiremu... [more]

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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]

Ivan VI

Ivan, the great-grandson of Czar Ivan V, was born on 13 August 1740 and adopted on 27 October as her heir by Empress Anna Ivanovna (1693-1740), his great-aunt, who had no natural heirs. ... [more]

James Kali-o-kalani (under Hawai'ian Royal Families)

The history of the royal dynasties of Hawai'i has been as tangled as that of many others. Until the early 19th century each island was ruled by its own dynasty, but Kamehameha the Great (17... [more]

Kaimina'anao (under Hawai'ian Royal Families)

The history of the royal dynasties of Hawai'i has been as tangled as that of many others. Until the early 19th century each island was ruled by its own dynasty, but Kamehameha the Great (17... [more]

Karna

Karna was the first son of the virgin Kunti, wife of Pandu, by the sun god Surya, and was born wearing armor and earrings. To escape the shame of his birth his mother abandoned him in a bas... [more]

Kawananakoa, Abigail Kapiolani (under Hawai'ian Royal Families)

The history of the royal dynasties of Hawai'i has been as tangled as that of many others. Until the early 19th century each island was ruled by its own dynasty, but Kamehameha the Great (17... [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]

Knight, Edward Austen

Knight was the brother of Jane Austen, the novelist. In the early 1780s he was adopted by Thomas and Catherine Knight, Austen family cousins, who were wealthy but childless. He went on the ... [more]

Lee, George Patrick

Lee was the first Native American to become a general authority of the Mormon (Latter-day Saints) church. He was born to a traditional (non-Christian) Navajo family, one of 17 children. He ... [more]

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