Divorce or Premature Death of Adoptive Parent(s)
Whether or not it led to a change of placement
Allan, Jani, Astor, Joshua, Beachley, Layne, Bear Woman, Bergman, Ingrid, Brodkey, Harold, Cameron, Rhona, Cole, George, Cole, Nat Kelly, Cullen, Countée, Damodar Rao (under India - Princely States: 7), Delamere, Paora Kingi, Ellison, Edward Pohau, Gilbert, Melissa Ellen, Graham, Eddie, Grayson, Larry, Hamilton, Alexander, Hensley, Albert, Hoo-moo-thy-ah, Hughes, Langston, Ivan VI, Jarvis, Zane Te Wiremu, Jones, David Ivon, Jones, Stewart Whyte McEwan, Lear, Frances, Lennon, John Winston, Li Lu, Muhammad, Palmer, James Alvin, Reagan, Michael E., Rowson, Martin, Ruth Luka Ke'ekikolani (under Hawai'ian Royal Families), Saffian, Sarah Ruth, Seed, Michael, Spencer, Percy LaBaron, Thomas, R. David, Tolstoy, Leo Nikolayevich, White, Eartha Mary Magdalene, Williams, Jett, Wright, Richard Nathaniel, Yoshida Shigeru,
Damodar Rao (under India - Princely States: 7)
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]
Delamere, Paora Kingi
Delamere was born to Te Kohi Edward Delamere and Arihia Ngarori Nikorima, both descended from important Te Whakatohea families, the sixth of their seven children. He was given to chief Paor... [more]
Ellison, Edward Pohau
Ellison was descended on both sides from Maori chiefs and also from English whalers and farmers. He was the 11th of 12 children, and was given to his father's cousin Harirota Eyes and her h... [more]
Gilbert, Melissa Ellen
Melissa Gilbert was adopted as a new-born baby by a well-known Hollywood family. Her parents were actors and her grandfather was a television writer. Her parents divorced when she was eight... [more]
Graham, Eddie
Graham was adopted by his aunt and uncle when he was five, after his birth parents died. His sister was adopted by their grandmother. The family were well-to-do dairy farmers near Johannesb... [more]
Grayson, Larry
Grayson was born William S. White to an unmarried girl named Ethel White and adopted (or fostered - sources differ) by a coal miner's family named Hammond in Nuneaton. His adoptive/foster m... [more]
Hamilton, Alexander
Hamilton and his older brother were the illegitimate sons of James Hamilton, a Scottish trader, and Rachel Faucett Lavien, who was married to another man. He was born on the Caribbean islan... [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]
Hoo-moo-thy-ah
Hoo-moo-thy-ah was born into a traditionalist Yavapai family in Arizona, just before the establishment of Ft. McDowell, built by the US government to subjugate his people. When he was about... [more]
Hughes, Langston
Langston Hughes' father left his family in Missouri shortly after he was born (he was a lawyer, unable to practice his profession, and went to Mexico), and when he was eight his mother sent... [more]
