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Audubon, John James

Audubon was born in what is now Haiti, the son of a well-to-do married French naval captain and slave trader and his Creole servant-mistress. His mother died soon after his birth and his fa... [more]

Bussell, Darcey Andrea

Bussell's parents were married but separated before she was born. Her mother (also a ballerina) remarried and she was adopted by her step-father, a dentist. She has been principal baller... [more]

Cain, Dean George Thomas

Cain's birth-father is Japanese-Irish and his mother is white; he identifies himself as Japanese, but has never had any contact with his father. His parents were divorced before he was b... [more]

Church, Charlotte

Church is one of the world's most successful singers, following in the footsteps of the Welsh boy soprano, Aled Jones. Her career took off in 1997 with the album Voice of an Angel. Her moth... [more]

Clinton, William Jefferson

President Clinton's father was killed in a car accident shortly before he was born. His mother remarried in 1950 and he was adopted by his step-father. He was governor of Arkansas, and  US ... [more]

Collins, Joely

Collins is the daughter of Andrea Bertorelli. When her mother married singer-songwriter Phil Collins, he adopted her. She now lives in Vancouver, BC. She starred in Cold Squad (1998), Ac... [more]

de Beauharnais, Eugène-Rose

de Beauharnais was the son of Joséphine de Tascher de la Pagerie and Alexandre, Viscount de Beauharnais. Alexandre was guillotined during the Terror in 1794 and his mother married the futur... [more]

de Beauharnais, Hortense

de Beauharnais was the daughter of Joséphine de Tascher de la Pagerie and Alexandre, Viscount de Beauharnais. Alexandre was guillotined during the Terror in 1794 and her mother married the ... [more]

Ford, Gerald R.

Ford was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr. His parents separated a few weeks after he was born and were divorced when he was two. After his mother remarried he was adopted by his step-father, Ger... [more]

Gingrich, Newton Leroy

Gingrich never knew his birth father. His mother married Robert Gingrich, and he was adopted by his step-father. After university (Emory and Tulane) he became a college professor, and th... [more]

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