Adopted Quote by George J. Mitchell

I was raised in Brooklyn and in Baltimore. My father was a bookkeeper. When I was 36 years old, my mother told me I…

— Harry Frankfurt

My father was the orphaned son of immigrants to the United States from Ireland. My father never knew his parents. His mother died -…

— George J. Mitchell

My father was adopted. He grew up in the Italian household.

— Louis Gossett, Jr

I was born and raised in East Los Angeles by a single mom who had three biological kids and adopted four more. I never…

— will.i.am

When I was young, my brother David and I were farmed off to foster homes, and I spent time in orphanages. My father abandoned…

— Wayne Dyer

I was raised by my great-great aunt. I was adopted within our family. My mother had me when she was, I think, 15, 16.…

— Eric Dickerson

My parents adopted me from foster care.

— Jon Husted

You may not know it, but I was adopted as a baby by my wonderful parents, Allan and Margaret Atkins of Cumberland Gap, Tenn.

— Rodney Atkins

I have one brother, John, an airline pilot, who is seven years younger. He's adopted, though we're still blood related - he's my cousin.…

— Gary Numan

I was a sickly baby, and after two sets of adoptive parents took me home, they returned me to the orphanage because of a…

— Rodney Atkins

My mother Tessa married my stepfather, James, when I was three and we lived in Boston for a year.

— Sophie Dahl

My mother remarried when I was young, and my stepfather adopted me.

— Steven Van Zandt