Adoption/Fostering Fictitious, Disputed, Unconfirmed
People who invented stories of their own adoption, where sources differ, or whose listing in other "famous adoptees" register could not be indepndently confirmed.
Ada (under Alexander the Great), Alexander the Great, Ann-Margret, Ashcroft, Edith Margaret Emily, Augustus Caesar Octavius (under Roman Empire), Bustamante, William Alexander, Cain, Dean George Thomas, Campbell, Ben Nighthorse, Caprotti, Gian Giacomo, Carmody, Kev, Carter, Forrest, Childebert III Adoptivus, Cole, Nat King, Cyrus the Great, Danson, Ted, Dante Alighieri, de Porres, Martin, Dodson, Patrick, Eliezer, Esther, Frank, Eva, Gaveston, Piers, Grayson, Larry, Grimsby, Roger, Hadrian (under Roman Empire), Hitler, Adolf, Ibrahim Pasha, Jesus Christ, Joseph the Carpenter, Likelike (under Hawai'ian Royal Families), Long Lance, Buffalo Child, MacBride, Roger Lea, Marcus Ulpius Trainus (under Roman Empire), Middlemiss, Philip, Nebuchadnezzar II, Okada Keishu, Orphan Brigade, Primakov, Yevgeny Maximovitch, Quetzalcoatl, Robinson, Bill, Roland, Sargon I, Savage, Dan, Sennacherib, Stanley, Henry Morton, Tyson, Mike G.,
Carter, Forrest
Carter is included here specifically to debunk his "autobiography," The Education of Little Tree. In this he claimed to be a Cherokee boy, raised by his grandparents in the 1930s ... [more]
Childebert III Adoptivus
Childebert is usually reckoned to be the natural son of Grimoald I, the mayor of the palace of King Sigibert III of Austriasia (the region of present-day France around Metz), who adopted hi... [more]
Cole, Nat King
Carol Cole was the daughter of the sister of Maria Cole, wife of the American singer Nat King Cole . She was orphaned when five or six years old and ado... [more]
Cyrus the Great
Cyrus was the founder of the Achaemenid empire, one of the greatest of the ancient kingdoms, centered on Persia. According to legend Cyrus was the son of prince Cambyses and the daughter o... [more]
Danson, Ted
Danson was the star of the long-running TV sitcom Cheers, playing Sam Malone, for which he won two Emmys and two Golden Globes. His film credits include Jerry and Tom, Gulliver's Travels, G... [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]
de Porres, Martin
Martín de Porres was born in Lima. There are two versions of his early life. In one, he was the son of an unknown father and a free African-Peruvian mother, adopted when he was eight by ... [more]
Dodson, Patrick
According to the account given in chapters 11-13 of Chatwin's The Songlines, Dodson (called Dan Flynn by Chatwin) was a foundling, left in a store at Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia, by... [more]
Eliezer
According to the Bible (Genesis 15:2-3) he was a servant of Abram/Abraham (traditionally ca. 1838-1613 BCE) and probably was adopted by him in accordance with a fairly common middle eastern... [more]
Esther
According to the Bible (Esther 2:7), she was orphaned and either adopted or fostered (scholars are unclear about how to interpret the text) by her uncle (or cousin), Mordecai. She is fam... [more]
