Grandparents

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Abramovich, Roman, Alda, Frances Jeanne, Angelou, Maya, Apess, William, Baca, Jimmy Santiago, Baker, Josephine, Bankhead, Tallulah, Bradford, William, Chips, Horn, Christy, Hirini Whaanga, Clapton, Eric, Commager, Henry Steele, Cookson, Catherine Anne, Cullen, Countée, Custis, George Washington Parke, Davies, William Henry, Dean, James Byron, Eastman, Charles Alexander, Ephraim and Manasseh, Finn Mac Cumhal, Gardiner, Wira, Grahame, Kenneth, Harald of Sogn (under Norwegian Ruling Families), Harrison, Pakariki, Hensley, Albert, Hughes, Langston, James Kali-o-kalani (under Hawai'ian Royal Families), Jenkins, Robert Thomas, Jones, David Ivon, Kawananakoa, Abigail Kapiolani (under Hawai'ian Royal Families), Kawananakoa, Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike (Hawai'ian Royal Families), Keats, John, Kepler, Johannes, Lewis, Eleanor Parke Custis, Magnani, Anna, McCarthy, Mary Therese, Mihinui, Dorothy Huhana, Mills, Robert Scourfield, Montgomery, Lucy Maud, Morgan, Tukoroirangi, Muhammad, Mustache, James, Nelson, Willie, Nicholson, Jack, Paulger, Irene, Poutu, Liana, Robinson, Bill, Roosevelt, Eleanor, Sanderson, Teresa Ione, Seed, Michael, Shin, Paull H., Simon, Ella, Stands In Timber, John, Sykes, Annette, Te Kurapa, Hikawera, Tito, Train, George Francis, Truffaut, François, Waaka, Te Kari, Williams, Jett, Winfrey, Oprah, Wolde, Degaga,

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Abramovich, Roman

Abramovich was born in Saratov in southern Russia. His mother died when he was 18 months old, and his father was killed in a construction accident when he was four. He was first taken to li... [more]

Alda, Frances Jeanne

Alda (her stage name) was born Fanny Jane Davis in New Zealand. Her parents divorced when she was 15 months old, and her mother, a professional singer, died in 1884, after which young Fanny... [more]

Angelou, Maya

Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson in California. Her parents divorced when she was a young child and she and her brother were sent by their father to live with his mother i... [more]

Apess, William

Apess's parents were itinerant basket-makers and he lived as a young child mostly with his grandparents, who were very cruel to him. When his grandmother broke his arm he was rescued by an ... [more]

Baca, Jimmy Santiago

When their parents divorced and abandoned them, Baca, aged two, and his siblings were sent to live with grandparents. By the time he was five his mother had been murdered by her second husb... [more]

Baker, Josephine

Baker (the surname of her second husband) was born Josephine Carson to an unmarried couple in the slums of St. Louis, Missouri. Her father abandoned the family before she was a year old, an... [more]

Bankhead, Tallulah

Bankhead was born into an illustrious American political family: her father was Speaker of the House of Representatives 1936-40. Her mother died shortly after she was born, and she was sent... [more]

Bradford, William

Bradford was born into a well-off family in Yorkshire, but his father died in 1591. His mother remarried in 1593 and William was then raised by his grandfather and uncles as a farmer. Wh... [more]

Chips, Horn

Horn Chips was orphaned as a young child and raised by his grandmother. Later he was adopted by the uncle of Crazy Horse. He had the gift of prophecy, could change the weather and find l... [more]

Christy, Hirini Whaanga

Christy was the descendent of an important Ngati Kahungunu-Ngati Rakaipaaka family. As a young child he was given to his grandparents as a tamaiti whangai. His family had converted to the C... [more]