Marilyn Monroe, Steve Jobs, Roman Abramovich ... These stars at an early age were left without parents and were raised in foster families.
Can adoptive parents replace relatives? The stars represented in our collection know the answer to this question, because they themselves for some reason lost their biological parents early and were raised in foster families.
Marilyn Monroe
Throughout his childhood, a small Marilyn Monroe was transferred from one adopted family to another. Her mother was mentally ill and constantly lay in psychiatric hospitals, and her father was completely unknown.
Nicole Richie
Nicole Ricci was born in the family of musician Peter Michael Escovedo. Her parents were too young and had financial problems, so they agreed to give their three-year-old daughter to the upbringing of singer Lionel Richie:
"My parents were friends with Lionel. They decided that he could take better care of me "
At first it was said that Nicole only temporarily lived with Richie, but in the end Lionel and his wife became so attached to the baby that they adopted her, of course, with the consent of biological parents.
Roman Abramovich
The Russian billionaire was orphaned very early: a year he lost his mother, who died after a serious illness, and in 4 years left without a father who died at the construction site. Up to 8 years, Roman was brought up in the family of his uncle Leiba Abramovich, whom he had long considered his father, and then the boy moved to his second uncle Abram Abramovich.
Svetlana Surganova
The fact that she was adopted, the singer Svetlana Surganova learned only in 25 years. She quarreled with her mother, Liya Davydovna, and she blurted out in the heat of a quarrel that Svetlana had become a character in her own mother.
About her blood parents Svetlana knows almost nothing: she was left right after birth and up to 3 years was brought up in an orphanage, where she was found by Liya Davydovna. It is her Svetlana who considers her real mother.
Jamie Foxx
Jamie Fox was only 7 months old when his mother Louise left him. The boy was given to the adoptive parents of Louise - Esther Marie and Mark Talley, who adopted him. The native mother never took part in the upbringing of the child, although occasionally she saw him.
Faith Hill
The famous country singer was adopted at the age of 7 days. Her adoptive parents surrounded her with love and care, but Faith always felt that she was missing something. She spent two years searching for her relatives. As a result, the singer managed to find her biological mother, with whom she maintained relations until her death.
Francis McDormand
She spent one and a half years in the orphanage, and was later adopted by the family of pastor Vernon McDormand. 60-year-old Francis still does not know who her biological parents were ...
Steve Jobs
The parents of the legendary founder of Apple were students Joan Shible and Abdulfattah Jindali, a Syrian by birth. Joan's parents were categorically against their relationship and even threatened to deprive the daughter of an inheritance. Not wanting to spoil relations with relatives, Joan gave birth to her child in secret and immediately gave up for adoption. The baby was accepted into his family by Paul and Clara Jobs, who surrounded the child with care and love. It was their Steve Jobs considered his real parents and was very angry if someone called them receptionists. About his father and mother, he said that they became only "donors of sperm and egg"
John Lennon
When John Lennon was 3 years old, his parents divorced. The boy stayed with his mother Julia. Soon, Julia had another man, the boy was given upbringing to Aunt Mimi. This aunt did not have her own children, and she fell in love with John as her own son. However, the boy regularly communicated with the blood mother: she came to visit him on a daily basis.
Michael Bay
The director of "Transformers" was brought up in a foster family, which he loves very much. However, after growing up, he decided to find his biological parents. He managed to find a mother, but with his father there was a hitch: the mother simply does not know who he is ...
Melissa Gilbert
Melissa's blood mother refused her the day after she was born. Fortunately, the little girl was almost immediately adopted by actor Paul Gilbert and his wife Barbara.
Eric Clapton
The mother of the musician was 16-year-old Englishwoman Patricia Molly Clapton. She gave birth to a child from a Canadian soldier Edward Fryer. Even before the birth of the boy, Fryer was sent to war, and then returned to his homeland, to Canada. His son, he never saw ... Patricia gave the baby to raise her mother, and after a while twisted the affair with another Canadian soldier who offered her and took her to Germany. Eric long time believed that Patricia is his sister, and grandmother and her husband are parents.
Jack Nicholson
The family history of Jack Nicholson is very similar to that of Eric Clapton. His upbringing involved a grandmother and grandfather. They thought of them as their parents, and his own mother June as a sister. Only in 1974 a journalist from the newspaper Time managed to find out the whole truth. When he shared this information with Nicholson, the actor was shocked. Unfortunately, at that time his mother and grandmother was no longer alive.
Ingrid Bergman
The star of Casablanca lost parents early: her mother died when the girl was 3 years old, and after seven years her father passed away. After the death of her parents, Ingrid's education was handled by her uncle.
Ray Liotta
Biological parents Ray Liotta abandoned him immediately after birth, and the first 6 months of his life the future actor spent in a shelter, and then he was adopted by Alfred and Mary Liotta. For a long time, Ray thought he was half Italian and half Scottish. Learning that he was a foster child, Ray managed to find his own mother and found out that he did not even have a drop of Italian blood.