Famous Celebrities You Had No Idea Were Adopted

Eartha Kitt

Born in 1927 on a South Carolina cotton farm, Eartha was raised by a woman who she believed was her mother named Anna Mae Riley. She eventually went to live in NYC with Anna Mae's sister, who she believed was her aunt, Mamie Kitt. This turned out to be her biological mother. Her father remains a mystery. She only knows that he was white and owned the farm Mamie had worked on.

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At age 15, Cristiano Ronaldo was diagnosed with a heart condition that required surgery, he was briefly sidelined and made a full recovery.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.