{"id":155985,"date":"2022-04-23T10:08:54","date_gmt":"2022-04-23T10:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzzstormer.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=338"},"modified":"2024-10-22T02:24:35","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T02:24:35","slug":"top-10-celebrities-you-didnt-know-were-adopted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitcoinwisdom.com\/pl\/top-10-celebrities-you-didnt-know-were-adopted\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Celebrities You Didn\u2019t Know Were Adopted"},"content":{"rendered":"
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1<\/span> Steve Jobs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The late Apple CEO is the first celebrity on our list. Abdulfattah Jandali was a Syrian Muslim and Steve Jobs’ biological father. Jandali was at that time Joanne Schieble’s girlfriend. However, her parents opposed their relationship and Steve Jobs was adopted at birth by Clara Jobs and Paul Jandali.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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2<\/span> Nicole Richie<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When she was nine years old, Nicole was adopted by Lionel Richie (then his wife Brenda). Nicole Camille Escovedo was her name. Her biological parents were Peter Michael Escovedo (a musician who briefly toured with Lionel) and Karen Moss (an assistant to Nicole’s aunt Sheila E). They agreed to allow Nicole to move in with Lionel & Brenda when she was four years old, as they couldn’t care for her financially. Nicole said that her parents were close friends with Lionel when she was adopted. They believed they would be able to provide better for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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3<\/span> Jamie Foxx<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jamie Foxx was born in New York and sent to live with his parents when he was a teenager. Fun fact: Jamie’s mom was also adopted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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4<\/span> Skrillex<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sonny John Moore was born DJ. He was adopted by his biological parents’ family members at birth. When he was 16 years old, he found out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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5<\/span> Colin Kaepernick<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

American football player and activist, Heidi Russo was the mother of the baby. Three weeks later, Rick and Teresa Kaepernick adopted her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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6<\/span> Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dawny Jersey Shore<\/em> star was conceived in Santiago, Chile in 1987. She was 6 months old when she was adopted by Italian-American parents. She was raised in New York City and New Jersey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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7<\/span> Edgar Allen Poe<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Famous dark poet Edgar Allen Poe. Poe was born 1809, but his mother passed away a year later. Edgar was also forced to live with another family in Virginia after his father abandoned the family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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8<\/span> John Lennon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Next, the great John Lennon is next on our list of celebrities who were adopted. John Lenon was 5 years old when he was adopted by his maternal aunt in Liverpool, England. His father died without leaving the military, and his mother got a new man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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9<\/span> Marilyn Monroe<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Mortenson, June 1, 1926. Gladys Baker was her mother and was financially inept to care for her. She placed Norma Jeane with foster families, with whom she lived until she was 7. Norma Jeane’s mother tried to get her back but she had a nervous breakdown shortly after. Grace McKee, her best friend, was made her legal guardian. This only lasted a few years and Norma Jeane was then sent to Hollygrove Orphanage in Los Angeles, followed by a number of foster homes before she returned to Grace McKee’s house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grace and her husband were moving to the East Coast, and Grace couldn’t take Norma Jeane. James Dougherty’s mother suggested that they marry Norma Jeane. They were married just weeks after she turned 16, so she would not have to go back to foster care or an orphanage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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10<\/span> Kristen Chenoweth<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Oklahoma couple Junie Chenoweth adopted the Tony Award-winning actress and singer when she was just 5 days old.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1 Steve Jobs The late Apple CEO is the first celebrity on our list. Abdulfattah Jandali was a Syrian Muslim and Steve Jobs’ biological father. Jandali was at that time Joanne Schieble’s girlfriend. However, her parents opposed their relationship and Steve Jobs was adopted at birth by Clara Jobs and Paul Jandali.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":347,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2872,2870,2876],"tags":[2884,2887,2879],"class_list":["post-155985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebs","category-entertainment","category-lists","tag-celebs","tag-hollywood","tag-popular"],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"trp-custom-language-flag":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Brandon Morgan","author_link":"https:\/\/bitcoinwisdom.com\/pl\/author\/brandonm\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"1 Steve Jobs The late Apple CEO is the first celebrity on our list. Abdulfattah Jandali was a Syrian Muslim and Steve Jobs’ biological father. Jandali was at that time Joanne Schieble’s girlfriend. However, her parents opposed their relationship and Steve Jobs was adopted at birth by Clara Jobs and Paul Jandali.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinwisdom.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinwisdom.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinwisdom.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinwisdom.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinwisdom.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinwisdom.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinwisdom.com\/pl\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinwisdom.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinwisdom.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinwisdom.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}