Formal, American/European-Type Adoption

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Acre, Mark, Adie, Kate, Ahbez, Eden,  Åhlstad, Simon, Albee, Edward Franklin, Allan, Jani, Andrews, Ben, Anstis, Toby, Antoine, Josephine Louise, Aspinall, John Victor, Aucoin, Kevyn, Barber, Dee Seton, Bates, Daisy, Baulch, Jamie, Bay, Michael, Beachley, Layne, Bellwood, James Charles, Berlin, Andy, Best, James, Bhattacharya, Namita Kaul, Black, Pauline, Blackburn, Tom (see Deacon, Joseph John), Bonaly, Surya, Bowen, Jim, Brady, John Green, Brickley, James, Brimeyer, Alex, Brodkey, Harold, Brown, Leslie Calvin, Brown, Lester Raymond, Brown, Rita Mae, Byrd, Robert C., Caines, Michael, Callahan, John, Cameron, Rhona, Canadian Native Children, Carlson, Richard Warner, Carruthers, Kitty, Carruthers, Peter, Chesterfield, Philip Stanhope, Chisholm, Colin, Clausen, Curt, Cole, Carol, Cole, George, Cole, Lynnette, Cole, Nat Kelly, Cornwell, Bernard, Crawford, Christina, Cullen, Countée, Cullen, Eric Robertson, Daniels, Faith, Danilova, Alexandra Dyonysievna, Davidson, Tommy, Diamond, Jeff, Dickerson, Eric Demetric, Dickinson, David, Dodson, Adrian, Douglas, Anthony, Eaton, Peter, Ellison, Lawrence J. (Larry), Emerick, Louis, Estés, Clarissa Pinkola, Farragut, David Glasgow, Fish, Laura, Fisher, Antwone, Fisher, Florence, Foyster, Adelaide, Frankovich, Mike J., Fremstad, Olive, Genée, Adeline, Gilbert, Melissa Ellen, Gorham, Clare, Graham, Eddie, Grayson, Larry, Haas, Michael, Hamilton, Scott Scovell, Hansen, Ashia, Helena (under Nazi Germany), Hill, Faith, Hirst, Damien, Holmes, Ann, Hopkins, Antony, Hyde, Joseph Peter, Jakszyk, Jakko M., James, Wendy, Jarvis, Zane Te Wiremu, Jobs, Steven Paul, Jones, Stewart Whyte McEwan, Kawananakoa, Abigail Kapiolani (under Hawai'ian Royal Families), Kay, Jackie, Kereluk, Cynthia, Kinder der Landstraße, Kutner, Lawrence, LaBadie, Florence, Laborteaux, Matthew, Laborteaux, Patrick, Lear, Frances, Leitch, David, Lemke, Leslie, Leonard, Hugh, Li Lu, Li Peng, Lifton, Betty Jean, Linkletter, Art, Liotta, Ray, Liu, Gordon, Lopez, Charlotte Anne, Louganis, Gregory E., Loxterkamp, David, March, Naomi (Nimmy), Massow, Ivan, Masters, Tom, McArthur, James, McMillon, Doris E., McShane, Mike, Medwin, Michael Hugh, Middlemiss, Philip, Mikita, Stan, Minik, Monroe, Marilyn, Moore, Brian, Munk, Kaj, Myners, Paul, Nettles, John, Newman, Robert, O'Brien, Daniel Dion, O'Connor, Hugh, O'Neil, Robert Vincent, Jr., Palmer, James Alvin, Pascale, Lorraine, Phair, Elizabeth Clark, Pidgley, Tony, Plato, Dana Michelle, Quinn, Katherine DeMille, Quinn, Phil, Reagan, Michael E., Richardson, Anna Ryder, Robbins, Harold, Rollason, Helen, Rosnes, Renee, Rowson, Martin, Saffian, Sarah Ruth, Sainte-Marie, Buffy, Schad, Brenda, Schramm, Leo Paul, Schweig, Eric, Scott, George, Scott, Todd M., Seed, Michael, Shelton Kenneth, Shelton, Fincourt, Sherrin, Scott, Shin, Paull H., Singh, Vishwanath Pratap, Smith, Robyn, Soll, Joe, Stokes, Richard, Strozzi, Barbara, Sudbury, Julia, Tall Mountain, Mary, Te Kanawa, Kiri, Thomas, R. David, Thomson, John, Thorne, Grahame, Tierney, Sydney, Troxler, G. William, Twardecki, Aloizy (under Nazi Germany), Tydings, Joseph Davies, Utrillo, Maurice, Vander-Kuyp, Kyle, Vanunu, Mordechai, Waters, William R., Watton, Paul, Webster, Tumoana, Wheeler, Caron, Whitbread, Fatima, Whitbread, Fatima, White, Donald Edwin, White, Eartha Mary Magdalene, Whitehead, Phillip, Wiles, Terry, Wilkomirski, Binjamin, Williams, Anthony A., Williams, Jett, Wilson, Flip, Wine, Maria, Winterson, Jeanette,

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Aucoin, Kevyn

Aucoin was born to Nelda Mae Williams in Louisiana, and adopted at a month's age as the first of four children of Thelma and Isidore Aucoin, in Lafayette. From a very early age he showed... [more]

Barber, Dee Seton

Barber was adopted in 1938 by Ernest Thompson Seton (1860-1946) and his second wife, Julia Moses Buttree. Seton had founded the Woodcraft movement in 1902 in Connecticut, which developed in... [more]

Bates, Daisy

Bates' mother was murdered by white racists when she was a baby. Her father left to look for her and never returned, so she was adopted by his best friend. She was the prime mover in the fam... [more]

Baulch, Jamie

Baulch was adopted at six months of age by a white family from a South Wales valley village. He was not an academic child at school but loved athletics, so his parents took him to the Newpo... [more]

Bay, Michael

Bay was adopted as a small baby by an accountant and child psychologist in Westwood, Los Angeles, California. His parents later also adopted a baby girl. His birth father is rumored to b... [more]

Beachley, Layne

Beachley was born to an unmarried 17-year-old Scot living in Australia and given up for adoption at birth. She was adopted by a couple with a born-to son living in Manly, near Sydney. Fr... [more]

Bellwood, James Charles

Bellwood was born James Charles Robertson to an unmarried Maori woman and a European salesman. He was fostered or adopted by the Bellwood family of Christchurch, who emotionally and physica... [more]

Berlin, Andy

Berlin was adopted as a baby and grew up in a loving family in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Nevertheless, he felt different from others, even fantasizing that his birth parents were Martians. ... [more]

Best, James

Best was born Jules Guy in Powderly, Kentucky, to a poor coal mining family with six children. When he was three poverty forced the family to place him in an orphanage, but he was adopted t... [more]

Bhattacharya, Namita Kaul

Bhattacharya is the adopted daughter (some political opponents claim she is also his birth daughter) of Indian Prime Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader, Atal Behari Vajpayee. She is... [more]