Parents Married (or Partnered) to Each Other
- Antonius Pius (under Roman Empire)
- Augustus Caesar Octavius (under Roman Empire)
- Bálint, Lea
- Best, James
- Bijani, Laden & Laleh
- Carr, Harold Herbert
- Charbonneau, Jean Baptiste
- Chesterfield, Philip Stanhope
- Childebert II
- Chinese Qing Dynasty
- Christy, Hirini Whaanga
- de Rossi, Giovanni Battista
- Delamere, Paora Kingi
- Ellison, Edward Pohau
- Faka'osilea, Lorris
- Gaius Caligula (under Roman Empire)
- Gardiner, Wira
- Germanicus Julius Caesar (under Roman Empire)
- Goolagong-Cawley, Evonne Fay
- Griffis, Joseph
- Hadrian (under Roman Empire)
- Hakiwai, Reremoana
- Harrison, Pakariki
- Hawai'ian Royal Families
- Hura, Maata Te Reo
- Hyde, Orson
- India (Princely States)
- Ivan VI
- Iwasaki, Mineko (under Geisha)
- Joseph the Carpenter
- Kepler, Johannes
- Kinder der Landstraße
- Kiribati
- Laurent, Robert
- Little Richard
- Long Lance, Buffalo Child
- Lue Gim Gong
- Manuera, Eruera Riini
- Mbeki, Thabo Mvuyelwa
- Melzi, Francesco
- Midas
- Mikita, Stan
- Nero Claudius Caesar (under Roman Empire)
- Norwegian Ruling Families
- Omahuru, Ngatau
- Perkins, Charles
- Perrott, Caroline
- Peter III
- Pomare Dynasty
- Poutu, Liana
- Presley, Priscilla Ann
- Rukupo, Raharui
- Schreiber, Lorna
- Schünemann-Pott, Friedrich
- Scipio Africanus Minor (under Roman Empire)
- Singh, Vishwanath Pratap
- Sykes, Annette
- Te Kurapa, Hikawera
- Te Wiata, Inia
- Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus (under Roman Empire)
- Tito
- Tonore, Airini
- Tsuya-Giku (under Geisha)
- Both Parents Unable or Unwilling to Care for Child
- Parent(s) Died, Disappeared or Became Incapacitated
- Parent(s) Died, Disappeared or Became Incapacitated
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]
de Rossi, Giovanni Battista
De Rossi was born into a happy country family in Voltaggio, near Genoa. When he was 10 a wealthy Genoese couple, who had become enchanted by the boy on their holidays, persuaded his parents... [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]
Faka'osilea, Lorris
Faka'osilea was born Lorris Bristow and given by her parents to her mother's childless sister and her husband to raise. She was brought up at Ngaruawahia, center of the Maori King Movement,... [more]
Gaius Caligula (under Roman Empire)
Ancient Roman society institutionalized the adoption of adults. It was relatively common for a wealthy Roman couple to adopt an adult man, even a slave, as heir if they did not have any son... [more]
Gardiner, Wira
Gardiner is the third of 18 children. After a "juvenile raid" on a department store in Rotorua he was made a ward of court at the age of 10 and put into his grandparents' custody ... [more]
Germanicus Julius Caesar (under Roman Empire)
Ancient Roman society institutionalized the adoption of adults. It was relatively common for a wealthy Roman couple to adopt an adult man, even a slave, as heir if they did not have any son... [more]
Goolagong-Cawley, Evonne Fay
Goolagong was born in Griffith and raised in Barellan, New South Wales, of Wiradjurri and European ancestry. Her gift for tennis was evident at an early age and she went to Sydney aged nine... [more]
Griffis, Joseph
Griffis was born to a white father, a famous scout, and a mother who was half Osage (there is some dispute about this, but Griffis apparently believed he was a Native American, always ident... [more]
