Did You Know These Celebrities Were Adopted?
National Adoption Month: Did You Know These Celebrities Were Adopted?
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1. Colin Kaepernick
Colin is one of the most important people of our generation, a force who used his celebrity and sacrificed his career to reignite conversation surrounding systemic racism and police brutality. He was adopted by Rick and Teresa Kaepernick after they lost two sons to heart defects.
2. Simone Biles
Simone — the most decorated American gymnast ever, with a total of 30 Olympic and World Championship medals — was adopted by her maternal grandfather and his wife, after they learned she and her siblings were in foster care.
3. Snooki
Reality star and host Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi was adopted at just 6 months old to Italian parents. She now has three children of her own.
4. Nelson Mandela
The late South African president and anti-apartheid revolutionary was adopted by a Thembu regent as a child, following the death of his father.
5. Nicole Richie
Actress Nicole Richie was adopted by famed musician Lionel Richie. Her biological parents were friends of the Richie family, who took her in when she was 3 years old before formally adopting her at 9.
6. Keegan Michael-Key
The ‘Key & Peele’ comedian’s adoptive parents were both social workers from Detroit.
