Chinese Adoption Bookmarks
Famous Adoptees, Adopted People, Celebrities, Actors, Page 1 -
Famous Adoptees, Adopted People, Celebrities, Actors, Page 1 -Famous Adoptees & Fosterees, Page 1
Introduction
The List, A-Z
What Is This Directory
Who Is Included and Excluded
Why Such a List
What Information Is Included
Other Lists
Acknowledgements
Indexes
Adoptees & Fosterees
Generic Groups
Mythological, Traditional and Divine Figures
Ethnic Background
Nationality or Citizenship
Historical Period
Career, Profession, or Sphere of Influence
Self-Made Men and Women
Sexuality: Gay Men, Lesbians, Bisexuals, Transsexuals
Who Are or Were Also Adopters or Foster Parents
Who Are or Were Also Birth Parents
With Special Problems in Childhood or Adulthood
Their Adoptive and Foster Families; Care Careers
Formal, American/European-Type Adoption
Formal, American/European-Type Fostering
When Adopted, Fostered or Entered the Care System
Why Adopted, Fostered or Entered the Care System
Who Adopted or Fostered
Adoptive/Foster Family Included Birth Child(ren)
Wealthy, Famous, Noble or Divine Adoptive or Foster Families
Very Poor (Financially) Adoptive or Foster Families
Transracial, Transtribal, International or Transcultural Adoption or Fostering
Other Kinds of Care Careers
Divorce or Premature Death of Adoptive Parent(s)
Their Birth Families
Adoptees/Fosterees from Wealthy, Famous, Noble or Divine Birth Families
Birth Parents Marital Status
Birth Siblings
Contact With Birth Family
What is the Directory
This is an alphabetical list of over 700 famous or influential people, with information about their lives and guides to further reading. Each person here was either formally adopted or fostered, lived in an orphanage or children s home, or for some reason was raised for a significant period during childhood by people other than his or her birth parents.
At the end I have included a number of indexes of different kinds: ethnic group, nationality, profession, historical period, age at placement, transracial adoptees,...