Famous Celebrities You Had No Idea Were Adopted

James Baldwin

Born to Emma Berdis Jones, Baldwin grew up apart from his drug-addicted father. The two moved to Harlem where his mother later married a Baptist preacher named David Baldwin. The two of them had eight more children together, as well as her new husband's son from a previous marriage. They were in poverty, and Baldwin recalled being looked down upon by his stepfather, who he referred to only as his father in essays.

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