Parental Relationship Breakdown, Divorce
Adler-Collins, Je Kan, Alda, Frances Jeanne, Angelou, Maya, Baca, Jimmy Santiago, Brosnan, Pierce, Brown, James, Chaplin, Charles Spencer, Chaplin, Sydney, Dahlberg, Edward, Fashanu, John, Fashanu, Justinius Sonny, Goldie, Grey Owl, Hamilton, Alexander, Hughes, Langston, Jackson, Thomas (Stonewall), Lennon, John Winston, McQueen, Steve, Morgan, Tukoroirangi, Morton, Samantha, Mourning, Alonzo, Murphy, Edward Regan, Myers, Billie, Pelzer, David J., Poutu, Liana, Quinn, Phil, Smith, Robyn, Wright, Richard Nathaniel,
Fashanu, Justinius Sonny
Justin and John Fashanu were birth brothers. Their Guyanese-British mother and Nigerian father separated when they were toddlers, with their father returning to Nigeria. Unable to cope on... [more]
Goldie
Goldie (there are at least two versions of how he got his name: one is that it dates from his time as a Rastafarian, because of his hair color; the other, also that it derives from Goldiloc... [more]
Grey Owl
Note there are several versions of almost everything written about Grey Owl; in the following entry I give alternatives separated by a "/" without any particular preference for wh... [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]
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]
Jackson, Thomas (Stonewall)
Jackson's parents were poor. His father and sister died of typhoid fever in 1826. His mother remarried in 1830 but her husband disliked her children and little Thomas was sent to live with ... [more]
Lennon, John Winston
Lennon's parents, Alfred (who was orphaned age nine and raised in an orphanage) and Julia Lennon, separated when he was three. From the age of five, after a failed attempt by his father to ... [more]
McQueen, Steve
Steve McQueen's father abandoned the family in Indiana when he was less than a year old. His mother then gave him into the care of an uncle, a farmer in Missouri, where he lived until he wa... [more]
Morgan, Tukoroirangi
Morgan was a tamaiti whangai, given to his maternal grandparents at the age of one week. His cousin and brother were also tamariki whangai. His NZ Maori mother and Cook Islands Maori father... [more]
Morton, Samantha
Morton was taken into care aged three when her parents separated and she grew up on a harsh Nottingham council estate. She has had major roles in Band of Gold, Cracker and ITV's new dram... [more]
