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Photos: Famous people who have been adopted

Photos: Famous people who have been adopted

Singer Faith Hill was adopted as an infant and searched for three years to find her birth mother and biological brother later in life. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

Jamie Foxx was adopted by his mother's adoptive parents and had little contact with his birth parents, who were not part of his upbringing.(Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

Ingrid Bergman's mother died when she was two and her father when she was 12. She went on to live with her aunt and uncle. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Kristin Chenoweth was adopted soon after her birth and is now a supporter to various adoption causes and organization around the US. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Truman Capote's parent divorced when he was four and he was raised by his mother's relatives. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Bill Clinton's father was killed in a car accident shortly before he was born. His mother remarried and he was adopted by his step-father. (Photo by Samir Hussein/Getty Images for Clinton Foundation Fundraiser)

Frances McDormand was adopted by a Disciples of Chris minister and a retired registered nurse. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)

Eartha Kitt was shunned by her birth family due to her pale complexion and went to live with a different family. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Nelson Mandela was adopted when he was nine years old after his father's died.. (Photo by Gareth Davies/Getty Images)

Eleanor Roosevelt was raised by her grandmother after her mother died. (Photo by A. W. Cox/Cox/Getty Images)

Apple CEO Steve Jobs was adopted at birth. His birth father is a Syrian immigrant and his birth mother's family would not allow her to marry an Arab, initially. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

John Lennon's parents separated when he was three. He was raised by his aunt and uncle after being shunned by his birth mother and her new husband. (Photo by George Stroud/Express/Getty Images)

Singer Sarah McLachlan was adopted but had a friendly relationship with her birth mother, who had her when she was 19-years-old. However, she still considers her adoptive mother, who died in 2001, her mom. (Photo by Jag Gundu/Getty Images)

Richard Burton was born into a family of 13 to a coal miner father. He was unofficially adopted by his schoolmaster whose last name he adopted. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Actress Melissa Gilbert was put up for adoption when she was born and was adopted one day later. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Edgar Allan Poe's father abandoned the family and his mother died. He was taken in by a foster family that gave him his name but never formally adopted him. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Dave Thomas was adopted as a baby and as an adult became an advocate of adoption. He later founded the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

Marilyn Monroe grew up in foster care and was later adopted by her birth mother's friend after her parents died. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Jesse Jackson's was not married when he was born. His birth father was her next-door neighbor, but he was married with children. His mother married when Jackson was young, and he was adopted by his step-father. (Photo by Dario Cantatore/Getty Images for The New African Empower)

Director Michael Bay was adopted as a child and spent his early years searching for his biological mother. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images for Paramount)

Priscilla Presley was adopted by her stepfather after her father died in a plane crash when she was a baby. She was not told about her birth father until she was a teenager. (Photo by Toby Canham/Getty Images)

Ray Liotta was adopted when he was six-months-old by a township clerk and an auto parts store owner. (Photo by Alexandra Wyman/Getty Images for Grey Goose)

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Singer Faith Hill was adopted as an infant and searched for three years to find her birth mother and biological brother later in life. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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