Famous Celebrities You Had No Idea Were Adopted

Gerald R. Ford

Some people are born into greatness and others have greatness thrust upon them. At age 12, the young president discovered the truth of his parentage, his "father" was actually his stepfather and had legally adopted him when he was young. He also learned that he once went by a different name. He was once named Leslie Lynch King Jr. but was renamed after his stepfather, Gerald R. Ford Jr.

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