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  • ...still a very young boy and he was brought up by a [[guardian]], Proxenus, who sent him to Plato's academy in Athens about 367. He spent 20 years there an ...us and Assos. He later [[adopted]] Nicanor of Stagirus, Proxenus' son, who also married his daughter.
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  • ...ngla, which covers the years 850 to 1177, and other ancient sources, these are some of the fostered men and women: ...ove in West Gotland. When Ingjald died Olaf succeeded him, but the Swedes, who had suffered under his unpopular father, drove him and his people out of [[
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  • ...of his origins, but documents discovered in [[France]] in the early 1900s are believed to give the true story.) ...nd he also wrote several books about natural history. His Birds of America are now some of the most expensive books in the world: a copy sold in 1990 for
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  • '''Also known as John Morris''' ...his birth parents for two years, but was sent to boarding school when they were again sent to prison.
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  • Brosnan's parents separated when he was a baby and he was raised by relatives in [[Ireland]] Brosnan is also an adoptive father: his son Chris Brosnan is a film producer.
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  • ...possibly based on the life of a real person, possibly a Tirynthian prince or noble. [[Category: Adoptees/fosterees Who Are or Were Also Birth Parents]]
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  • ...dia/commons/e/ea/John_D._Lee.jpg |410x579px|thumb|'''John D. Lee, a Mormon who was executed in 1877'''<br />Source: Wikipedia.org.}} In 1837 he and his wife were converted to the new [[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (Mormo
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  • MacBride is described in several sources as the "adoptive" grandson or great-grandson of Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957), author of the Little Ho ...elected to the [[Vermont]] state legislature in 1962 (Republican), and he also ran for president in 1976 on the Libertarian Party ticket, receiving about
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  • ...immediately accede to the throne. The adoptee would cut all ties with his birth family. ...the territory concerned, although the [[adopted]] successor and his heirs were usually allowed to keep their titles and a substantial annual allowance. St
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  • ...ancient times for unwanted children: [[Hansel and Gretel]] and Snow White are fairy-tale examples. Compare the entries for feral children, foundlings and ...avoid such a terrible fate he left home and the people he thought were his parents to wander the world. On his travels he met and accidentally killed Laius. L
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  • ...ther disturbed a sacred burial ground after being warned not to do so, but also possibly to avenge the kidnapping several years earlier of Ngatau Omahuru ( ...again until she was a mature woman, and did not know she wasn't a Maori by birth, although she was conscious of looking different from other Maori.
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  • ...til he was 10, and then gave him to the [[custody]] of his aunt and uncle, who sent him to boarding school. ...nd became a music teacher, copyist and secretary, and a friend of Diderot, who commissioned him to write the music articles for the famous Encyclopédie.
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  • ..."incorrigible." There were no visits, but he did go back to live with his parents for short periods a couple of times. ...he married again four months later. His new wife, Claire Hodgson, a widow, also had a daughter, Julia, and they each [[adopted]] the other's child. Babe Ru
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  • ...immediately accede to the throne. The adoptee would cut all ties with his birth family. ...the territory concerned, although the [[adopted]] successor and his heirs were usually allowed to keep their titles and a substantial annual allowance. St
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  • ...immediately accede to the throne. The adoptee would cut all ties with his birth family. ...the territory concerned, although the [[adopted]] successor and his heirs were usually allowed to keep their titles and a substantial annual allowance. St
    22 KB (3,517 words) - 19:26, 16 June 2014
  • ...immediately accede to the throne. The adoptee would cut all ties with his birth family. ...the territory concerned, although the [[adopted]] successor and his heirs were usually allowed to keep their titles and a substantial annual allowance. St
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  • ...immediately accede to the throne. The adoptee would cut all ties with his birth family. ...the territory concerned, although the [[adopted]] successor and his heirs were usually allowed to keep their titles and a substantial annual allowance. St
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  • ...immediately accede to the throne. The adoptee would cut all ties with his birth family. ...the territory concerned, although the [[adopted]] successor and his heirs were usually allowed to keep their titles and a substantial annual allowance. St
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  • ...[[adopted]] or fostered. (The abnormally common death dates 1848 and 1849 are because of a terrible measles epidemic, introduced by white settlers). ...ewa, Governor of Kauai. His brothers, kings Kamehameha IV and V, were also adoptees.
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  • ...her named Nakajima Ise. There is speculation that Nakajima was in fact his birth father as well. He was already drawing by the age of five. By the age of 10 (or 15) he was apprenticed to a woodblock carver. He was in the workshop of Kat
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  • ...immediately accede to the throne. The adoptee would cut all ties with his birth family. ...the territory concerned, although the [[adopted]] successor and his heirs were usually allowed to keep their titles and a substantial annual allowance. St
    22 KB (3,514 words) - 17:39, 28 May 2014
  • ...immediately accede to the throne. The adoptee would cut all ties with his birth family. ...the territory concerned, although the [[adopted]] successor and his heirs were usually allowed to keep their titles and a substantial annual allowance. St
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  • ...immediately accede to the throne. The adoptee would cut all ties with his birth family. ...the territory concerned, although the [[adopted]] successor and his heirs were usually allowed to keep their titles and a substantial annual allowance. St
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  • ...immediately accede to the throne. The adoptee would cut all ties with his birth family. ...the territory concerned, although the [[adopted]] successor and his heirs were usually allowed to keep their titles and a substantial annual allowance. St
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  • ...immediately accede to the throne. The adoptee would cut all ties with his birth family. ...the territory concerned, although the [[adopted]] successor and his heirs were usually allowed to keep their titles and a substantial annual allowance. St
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  • ...as one of a group of boys and girls, including her brother and sister, who were captured by the Hidatsa people, enslaved, and became acculturated. ...Sacagawea as guides and interpreters. Sacagawea was then pregnant and gave birth to her first child, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, at Fort Mandan in 1805, two
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  • ...immediately accede to the throne. The adoptee would cut all ties with his birth family. ...the territory concerned, although the [[adopted]] successor and his heirs were usually allowed to keep their titles and a substantial annual allowance. St
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  • ...immediately accede to the throne. The adoptee would cut all ties with his birth family. ...the territory concerned, although the [[adopted]] successor and his heirs were usually allowed to keep their titles and a substantial annual allowance. St
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  • ...immediately accede to the throne. The adoptee would cut all ties with his birth family. ...the territory concerned, although the [[adopted]] successor and his heirs were usually allowed to keep their titles and a substantial annual allowance. St
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  • ...immediately accede to the throne. The adoptee would cut all ties with his birth family. ...the territory concerned, although the [[adopted]] successor and his heirs were usually allowed to keep their titles and a substantial annual allowance. St
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  • ...immediately accede to the throne. The adoptee would cut all ties with his birth family. ...the territory concerned, although the [[adopted]] successor and his heirs were usually allowed to keep their titles and a substantial annual allowance. St
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  • ...immediately accede to the throne. The adoptee would cut all ties with his birth family. ...the territory concerned, although the [[adopted]] successor and his heirs were usually allowed to keep their titles and a substantial annual allowance. St
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  • ...immediately accede to the throne. The adoptee would cut all ties with his birth family. ...the territory concerned, although the [[adopted]] successor and his heirs were usually allowed to keep their titles and a substantial annual allowance. St
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  • ...immediately accede to the throne. The adoptee would cut all ties with his birth family. ...the territory concerned, although the [[adopted]] successor and his heirs were usually allowed to keep their titles and a substantial annual allowance. St
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  • ...immediately accede to the throne. The adoptee would cut all ties with his birth family. ...the territory concerned, although the [[adopted]] successor and his heirs were usually allowed to keep their titles and a substantial annual allowance. St
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  • ...of Nga Moteatea, the largest collection of pre-European Maori songs. Jones also served as second president of the [[New Zealand]] Maori Council and on a nu He married twice, and while he had no birth children, he and his first wife had at least three [[Tamaiti Whangai|tamait
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  • ...immediately accede to the throne. The adoptee would cut all ties with his birth family. ...the territory concerned, although the [[adopted]] successor and his heirs were usually allowed to keep their titles and a substantial annual allowance. St
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  • ...immediately accede to the throne. The adoptee would cut all ties with his birth family. ...the territory concerned, although the [[adopted]] successor and his heirs were usually allowed to keep their titles and a substantial annual allowance. St
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  • ...immediately accede to the throne. The adoptee would cut all ties with his birth family. ...the territory concerned, although the [[adopted]] successor and his heirs were usually allowed to keep their titles and a substantial annual allowance. St
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  • ...immediately accede to the throne. The adoptee would cut all ties with his birth family. ...the territory concerned, although the [[adopted]] successor and his heirs were usually allowed to keep their titles and a substantial annual allowance. St
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  • ...immediately accede to the throne. The adoptee would cut all ties with his birth family. ...the territory concerned, although the [[adopted]] successor and his heirs were usually allowed to keep their titles and a substantial annual allowance. St
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  • ...immediately accede to the throne. The adoptee would cut all ties with his birth family. ...the territory concerned, although the [[adopted]] successor and his heirs were usually allowed to keep their titles and a substantial annual allowance. St
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  • ...immediately accede to the throne. The adoptee would cut all ties with his birth family. ...the territory concerned, although the [[adopted]] successor and his heirs were usually allowed to keep their titles and a substantial annual allowance. St
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  • ...immediately accede to the throne. The adoptee would cut all ties with his birth family. ...the territory concerned, although the [[adopted]] successor and his heirs were usually allowed to keep their titles and a substantial annual allowance. St
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  • ...immediately accede to the throne. The adoptee would cut all ties with his birth family. ...the territory concerned, although the [[adopted]] successor and his heirs were usually allowed to keep their titles and a substantial annual allowance. St
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  • ...immediately accede to the throne. The adoptee would cut all ties with his birth family. ...the territory concerned, although the [[adopted]] successor and his heirs were usually allowed to keep their titles and a substantial annual allowance. St
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  • ...immediately accede to the throne. The adoptee would cut all ties with his birth family. ...the territory concerned, although the [[adopted]] successor and his heirs were usually allowed to keep their titles and a substantial annual allowance. St
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  • ...immediately accede to the throne. The adoptee would cut all ties with his birth family. ...the territory concerned, although the [[adopted]] successor and his heirs were usually allowed to keep their titles and a substantial annual allowance. St
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