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Stewart, Albert Oliphant

Stewart was born in Whakatane, the son of a Scottish-Maori father and Maori mother. His mother died when he was four, and when his father remarried he was adopted by the Ngati Hokopu chief,... [more]

Stokes, Richard

In 1987 Stokes, a transracial adoptee, became the first Black member of the British Household Cavalry, but he was driven out after three years by racial harassment. "Army Improves Raci... [more]

Stradling, John

Stradling was born the son of Francis and Elizabeth Stradling, near Bristol. He was adopted by a wealthy distant relative (they shared a common great-grandfather), Sir Edward Stradling (152... [more]

Strozzi, Barbara

Strozzi was the daughter of Isabella Griegha and an unknown father. Her mother was a servant of Giulio Strozzi, a well-known citizen of Venice, and it is generally thought that he was her b... [more]

Sudbury, Julia

Sudbury's birth parents are Nigerian (Igbo) and English; she was adopted transracially when six months old. She was born in England but now lives in the USA, where she is a visiting assista... [more]

Sun Kewang

In the period during the collapse of the Ming Dynasty and the coming of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, China was riven by a series of rebellions and temporary kingdoms established by provincial w... [more]

Svein Ulfson (under Norwegian Ruling Families)

In the Middle Ages fostering was practiced between the great families of Norway, possibly as a means of cementing interfamily alliances or demonstrating reciprocal status relationships. Acc... [more]

Swaroop Singh (under India - Princely States: 4)

Until the 19th century what is now India (like Europe) was a patchwork of over 650 princely states, like kingdoms, ranging from the small and relatively unimportant, to the large, immensely... [more]

Swift, Jonathan

Swift's father died before he was born and his mother soon afterwards left him in Ireland to be raised by his uncle while she returned to England. (One version of his life states that his m... [more]

Sykes, Annette

Sykes was the tamaiti whangai of her maternal grandparents from birth until she was seven, when she returned to her parents (Maori mother and white father). She did well in school and ha... [more]