Famous Celebrities You Had No Idea Were Adopted

Edgar Allan Poe

Poe's father abandoned his family only a year prior to the death of his mother from pulmonary tuberculosis. The young writer was then placed in the estate of John Allan, a Richmond, Virginia merchant who dealt everything from cloth to wheat, tombstones to tobacco, and even slaves. Though they never formally adopted him, he was considered to be a part of the family and took on their surname as his middle name.