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Famous people
Many people mistakenly believe that a child brought up by foster parents as an adult, be sure to join the ranks of the lower strata of society. But looking at the list of eminent personalities who were taken into the care of foster families, it becomes clear that this is misleading.
Leo Tolstoy
His mother died with the birth of her daughter last, when the future of the classics of Russian literature was not yet 2 years old. Education of orphaned children took a distant relative of TA Yergolsky. In 1837 the family moved to Moscow, as the elder brother of Tolstoy had to prepare for university. Soon his father died suddenly, Nikolai Ilyich, and three younger children again settled in Yasnaya Polyana supervised Yergolsky and paternal aunt, the Countess AM Osten-Sacken, appointed guardian of the children.
James Brown
In early childhood, the boy's parents were divorced, and James became educated aunt in Atlanta, Georgia. James grew up in poverty and was forced to quit school in order to earn a living. At one time he was wandering waif, and 16-years old came to the colony for juvenile delinquents.
Marilyn Monroe
She threw widowed mother, who suffers from a mental disorder, and future sex symbol has spent most of his childhood with distant relatives and in shelters.
Jamie Foxx
Incredibly talented actor Jamie Foxx has become known for his role as Ray Charles in the biopic "Ray," and starred in the film "Django Unchained", directed by Quentin Tarantino. Soon after birth, Fox was adopted by foster parents Esther Marie, a nurse and a housewife and Mark Talley, warehouse workers. He sometimes met with his real parents, but they never took part in his upbringing.
James Dean
This "bad boy" and sex symbol of Hollywood, James Dean was an incredibly talented actor who starred in the film "East of Eden," "Rebel Without a Cause" and "Giant". When James was five years old his mother died of cancer, and his father, unable to care for her son, and gave the boy to the care of his sister and her husband, who lived on a farm in Indiana.
Jack Nicholson
After the appearance of a boy born of him cared grandparents, John Joseph Nicholson and Ethel May Nicholson. Jack grew up in the belief that grandparents are his father and mother. Only in 1974, a reporter for the magazine Time, to find out all the information concealed, the actor discovered the truth: his older sister Joon actually his mother. It was already too late June died of cancer in 1963, and Ethel died seven years later - in 1970.
Francois Truffaut
Future cult French director was the illegitimate child Jeanine de Montferrand, he did not know his real father - Roland Levy (Jew), who was a dentist. Roland Truffaut, whom his mother married, acknowledged Francois as a foster child, and gave him his name. From birth, Truffaut was living in the care of various nannies and his grandmother, who instilled in him a love of books and music. With grandmother he lived until her death, when he was 10 years, after which the first was reunited with his mother and stepfather.
Eric Clapton
Clapton's mother was 16-year-old girl, and the father of 24-year-old soldier from Montreal, who had never even seen his son Eric. Little Eric was living with her grandmother and her second husband. Clapton grew up, and over the years, thinking that his mother - a nurse, and parents - grandparents. Years later, his mother married another Canadian soldier and moved to Germany, leaving the young Eric with his grandparents in Surrey.
Mike Tyson
Childhood famous boxer was very heavy. Fortunately, he was noticed by the famous trainer Cus D'Amato. D'Amato settled at Tyson, and even issued a formal custody of it - the real father Mike and remembered, and his mother was a drug addict and died soon after. From child of Mike almost nobody survived - his friends sat in prison or died, including his eyes.
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella's mother died of a heart attack when she was 14 years old. Because of disagreements with his stepfather Ella moved to live with her aunt Virginia and Henry became the caretaker for jobs in a brothel, where life came into contact with the mafia and gamblers. After a minor girl engaged in police custody and the service, it was placed in an orphanage in the Bronx, and later transferred to a boarding school for girls in Hudson, but Ella soon ran out, and for some time remained homeless.
Eddie Murphy
Eddie's father died when he was a child. After his death, Lillian became ill, and the brothers had to live in a foster family for one year. Later, Eddie and his brother grew up together in Roosevelt, New York with his mother and stepfather Vernon Lynch, a foreman at an ice cream factory.
Edgar Allan Poe
According born in 1809, but his mother died a year after conception. His father also threw it. In the end, Edgar was living with a foster family in Virginia.
Steve Jobs
Biological father of Steve Jobs was Abdulfattoh Jandal - Syrian Muslim. At that time, he met with Joan Shibli, but her parents were against their relationship, and eventually Steve Jobs brought Paul and Clara Jobs.
Richard Burton
17-year-old Richard Jenkins almost adopted his teacher, Philip Burton, but the law forbade him to it because the boy was too young. As a result, Richard changed his name and lived like a native son Philip.
Truman Capote
Author of the novels "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and "In Cold Blood" was sent to live with relatives his mother when he was only 8 years old.
Ray Liotta
The star of the film "Goodfellas" was adopted at the age of 6 months. After more than 40 years, Ray has hired a private investigator to find her birth mother.
Nelson Mandela
At the age of nine years, Mandela lost his father, who died of tuberculosis, and his legal guardian became Dzhongintaba Dalindebo - Regent of the people Tembe.
Ingrid Bergman
When the future star of "Casablanca" was 3 years old, her mother died, and another 10 years later her father died Justus Samuel Bergman. Then, for the education of 13-year-old girl she took my aunt, but six months later she died. Then Ingrid moved to Uncle Otto Bergman, who had five children.
John Lennon
John's parents divorced when he was very young. When Julia Lennon found herself another man, John took a four-year education at his aunt's maternal Mimi Smith and her husband George Smith, who did not have their children.
Coco Chanel
His mother died when Coco was barely twelve, later, her four siblings left the father; Chanel children were then in the care of relatives and spent some time at the shelter.
Source: 4tololo.ru
Leo Tolstoy
His mother died with the birth of her daughter last, when the future of the classics of Russian literature was not yet 2 years old. Education of orphaned children took a distant relative of TA Yergolsky. In 1837 the family moved to Moscow, as the elder brother of Tolstoy had to prepare for university. Soon his father died suddenly, Nikolai Ilyich, and three younger children again settled in Yasnaya Polyana supervised Yergolsky and paternal aunt, the Countess AM Osten-Sacken, appointed guardian of the children.
James Brown
In early childhood, the boy's parents were divorced, and James became educated aunt in Atlanta, Georgia. James grew up in poverty and was forced to quit school in order to earn a living. At one time he was wandering waif, and 16-years old came to the colony for juvenile delinquents.
Marilyn Monroe
She threw widowed mother, who suffers from a mental disorder, and future sex symbol has spent most of his childhood with distant relatives and in shelters.
Jamie Foxx
Incredibly talented actor Jamie Foxx has become known for his role as Ray Charles in the biopic "Ray," and starred in the film "Django Unchained", directed by Quentin Tarantino. Soon after birth, Fox was adopted by foster parents Esther Marie, a nurse and a housewife and Mark Talley, warehouse workers. He sometimes met with his real parents, but they never took part in his upbringing.
James Dean
This "bad boy" and sex symbol of Hollywood, James Dean was an incredibly talented actor who starred in the film "East of Eden," "Rebel Without a Cause" and "Giant". When James was five years old his mother died of cancer, and his father, unable to care for her son, and gave the boy to the care of his sister and her husband, who lived on a farm in Indiana.
Jack Nicholson
After the appearance of a boy born of him cared grandparents, John Joseph Nicholson and Ethel May Nicholson. Jack grew up in the belief that grandparents are his father and mother. Only in 1974, a reporter for the magazine Time, to find out all the information concealed, the actor discovered the truth: his older sister Joon actually his mother. It was already too late June died of cancer in 1963, and Ethel died seven years later - in 1970.
Francois Truffaut
Future cult French director was the illegitimate child Jeanine de Montferrand, he did not know his real father - Roland Levy (Jew), who was a dentist. Roland Truffaut, whom his mother married, acknowledged Francois as a foster child, and gave him his name. From birth, Truffaut was living in the care of various nannies and his grandmother, who instilled in him a love of books and music. With grandmother he lived until her death, when he was 10 years, after which the first was reunited with his mother and stepfather.
Eric Clapton
Clapton's mother was 16-year-old girl, and the father of 24-year-old soldier from Montreal, who had never even seen his son Eric. Little Eric was living with her grandmother and her second husband. Clapton grew up, and over the years, thinking that his mother - a nurse, and parents - grandparents. Years later, his mother married another Canadian soldier and moved to Germany, leaving the young Eric with his grandparents in Surrey.
Mike Tyson
Childhood famous boxer was very heavy. Fortunately, he was noticed by the famous trainer Cus D'Amato. D'Amato settled at Tyson, and even issued a formal custody of it - the real father Mike and remembered, and his mother was a drug addict and died soon after. From child of Mike almost nobody survived - his friends sat in prison or died, including his eyes.
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella's mother died of a heart attack when she was 14 years old. Because of disagreements with his stepfather Ella moved to live with her aunt Virginia and Henry became the caretaker for jobs in a brothel, where life came into contact with the mafia and gamblers. After a minor girl engaged in police custody and the service, it was placed in an orphanage in the Bronx, and later transferred to a boarding school for girls in Hudson, but Ella soon ran out, and for some time remained homeless.
Eddie Murphy
Eddie's father died when he was a child. After his death, Lillian became ill, and the brothers had to live in a foster family for one year. Later, Eddie and his brother grew up together in Roosevelt, New York with his mother and stepfather Vernon Lynch, a foreman at an ice cream factory.
Edgar Allan Poe
According born in 1809, but his mother died a year after conception. His father also threw it. In the end, Edgar was living with a foster family in Virginia.
Steve Jobs
Biological father of Steve Jobs was Abdulfattoh Jandal - Syrian Muslim. At that time, he met with Joan Shibli, but her parents were against their relationship, and eventually Steve Jobs brought Paul and Clara Jobs.
Richard Burton
17-year-old Richard Jenkins almost adopted his teacher, Philip Burton, but the law forbade him to it because the boy was too young. As a result, Richard changed his name and lived like a native son Philip.
Truman Capote
Author of the novels "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and "In Cold Blood" was sent to live with relatives his mother when he was only 8 years old.
Ray Liotta
The star of the film "Goodfellas" was adopted at the age of 6 months. After more than 40 years, Ray has hired a private investigator to find her birth mother.
Nelson Mandela
At the age of nine years, Mandela lost his father, who died of tuberculosis, and his legal guardian became Dzhongintaba Dalindebo - Regent of the people Tembe.
Ingrid Bergman
When the future star of "Casablanca" was 3 years old, her mother died, and another 10 years later her father died Justus Samuel Bergman. Then, for the education of 13-year-old girl she took my aunt, but six months later she died. Then Ingrid moved to Uncle Otto Bergman, who had five children.
John Lennon
John's parents divorced when he was very young. When Julia Lennon found herself another man, John took a four-year education at his aunt's maternal Mimi Smith and her husband George Smith, who did not have their children.
Coco Chanel
His mother died when Coco was barely twelve, later, her four siblings left the father; Chanel children were then in the care of relatives and spent some time at the shelter.
Source: 4tololo.ru
