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  • ...other."[!] From the Heimskringla, which covers the years 850 to 1177, and other ancient sources, these are some of the fostered men and women: ...-law), except his two foster brothers and their troops, whom he had warned to leave with him, and he then took sole possession of their lands in [[Norway
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  • ...ing under an assumed name in a Polish convent in Brwinow, near Warsaw. Her parents placed her there when she was five and she emerged at the end of the war. U ...director of The Bureau of Children without Identity which attempts to help other child survivors of the Shoah trace their original identities and families.
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  • ...ning family with six children. When he was three poverty forced the family to place him in an [[orphanage]], but he was [[adopted]] two years later by a ...rld War II he became and actor and model. He has over 600 television shows to his credit and at least 83 films, but he is best known for his role as Sher
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  • ...sterfield (1694-1773), the author of Letters to His Son (1774) and Letters to His Godson (1790). ...1784, but never took up the post, resigning in 1787; he was also appointed to the Privy Council in 1784, and held the positions of Master of the Mint and
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  • ...of convenience of two against the third. Sigibert was assassinated in 575 or 576 and succeeded by his young son, with his mother as regent. ...rt and thus overturned Chilpéric's move. But when Chilpéric died in 584, to be succeeded by his baby son Clotaire II, Gontran attacked his adoptive son
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  • ...o had become enchanted by the boy on their holidays, persuaded his parents to let them take him home and have him properly educated. ...so impressed some Capuchin monks that they arranged for him to go to Rome to study, where he lived with a cousin from his birth family who was a priest.
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  • ...by 1817. He was taken in by neighbors, the Wheeler family, who became his parents until 1823. ...eligious history. From 1847 to 1852 he was in charge of Mormon immigration to [[Utah]] from their colony at Winter Quarters.
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  • ...which time three more children were born, but Ivan was separated from his parents in 1744. His mother died in 1746. ...nd in virtual solitary confinement until his death. In 1756 Ivan was moved to the Schlüsselburg Fortress, where his imprisonment was so secret that not
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  • ...pels of Luke (chapter 3) and Matthew (chapter 1) appear to contradict each other. ...gal child of the first, a form of [[adoption]] which has some similarities to the [[adoption]] by the dead practiced in the 19th century by the [[Church
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  • ...oung Johannes to be raised by her parents, although she returned in a year or two, while his father died in the war. ...tronomy (he also had disagreements with some Lutheran doctrines, which led to his excommunication in 1612).
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  • ...egal one. A Spanish source (see below) states: "It is known that he sought to surround himself with young and handsome disciples ... [and] adopted them a [[Category: Sent to Boarding School, Apprenticed or Fostered as Part of Normal Traditional Child-Rearing]]
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  • ...st famous for his short-sighted wish that everything he touched would turn to gold. ...lo gave Midas the ears of a donkey, and in shame, Midas either disappeared or committed suicide.
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  • ...as a move reluctantly supported by his birth parents, who wanted their son to escape the new communist regime in Czechoslovakia. ...1967 and 1968, was voted onto the NHL All-Star Team six times and elected to the Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1983.
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  • ...werful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas. ...custom, to avoid a disputed succession to the throne, a ruler with no born-to heir could [[adopt]] a male of any age from another branch of the ruling fa
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  • ...ite soldiers and their Maori mercenaries. Weeks of massive searches failed to find her and her mother soon died. ...n't a Maori by birth, although she was conscious of looking different from other Maori.
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  • One of his few reforms during his short reign was to stop the persecution of dissenting non-Orthodox Christians. [[Category: To Provide Heirs, As Protégés, etc.]]
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  • ...er remarried, another Army man, Joseph Paul Beaulieu, and they were posted to [[Germany]], where she grew up. ...was 14 she met Elvis Presley, also stationed in [[Germany]], and they were married in 1967, but divorced in 1973.
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  • ...t in [[Germany]]. His religious and revolutionary political activities led to an accusation of high treason and lèse-majesté, but these were dropped in ...he was forced to flee [[Germany]] and emigrated with his wife and children to the USA, settling first in Philadelphia and then in San Francisco, where he
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  • ...family farm and started school. His schooling soon ended, when he was sent to live with an uncle at the age of 12. This arrangement did not last long, bu At 13 he went to the town of Sisak and became an apprentice locksmith. He was captured by th
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  • ...[[Kenya]] is party to the Hague [[Adoption]] Convention. Do not [[adopt]] or obtain [[Legal Custody|legal custody]] of a child in [[Kenya]] before a U.S ...ptionusca@state.gov with the details of the case if this situation applies to you.
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  • ...eigned for a short time but also had no children and the succession passed to his nephew, Tokatake, but without him being [[adopted]]. [[Category: Nationality or Citizenship]]
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  • ...werful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas. ...custom, to avoid a disputed succession to the throne, a ruler with no born-to heir could [[adopt]] a male of any age from another branch of the ruling fa
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  • Griffis was born to a white father, a famous scout, and a mother who was half Osage (there is s ...assified as a white captive and consequently separated from his stepmother to be fostered by a white family of ranchers. He soon escaped, however, and em
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  • ...werful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas. ...custom, to avoid a disputed succession to the throne, a ruler with no born-to heir could [[adopt]] a male of any age from another branch of the ruling fa
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  • ...werful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas. ...custom, to avoid a disputed succession to the throne, a ruler with no born-to heir could [[adopt]] a male of any age from another branch of the ruling fa
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  • ...werful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas. ...custom, to avoid a disputed succession to the throne, a ruler with no born-to heir could [[adopt]] a male of any age from another branch of the ruling fa
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  • ...werful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas. ...custom, to avoid a disputed succession to the throne, a ruler with no born-to heir could [[adopt]] a male of any age from another branch of the ruling fa
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  • ...embers of the families are generally recognized as having been [[adopted]] or fostered. (The abnormally common death dates 1848 and 1849 are because of a ..., Grace Kamaiku and her second husband, Dr. Thomas Charles Byde Rooke. She married King Kamehameha IV.
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  • ...werful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas. ...custom, to avoid a disputed succession to the throne, a ruler with no born-to heir could [[adopt]] a male of any age from another branch of the ruling fa
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  • ...werful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas. ...custom, to avoid a disputed succession to the throne, a ruler with no born-to heir could [[adopt]] a male of any age from another branch of the ruling fa
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  • ...ora, 1861). [[Adopted]] into the dynasty by Pomare II, king of Tahiti, and married Pomare's daughter 'Aimata. ...of King Pomare IV and [[adopted]] by Tapoa II, king of Bora Bora from 1860 to 1873.
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  • ...werful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas. ...custom, to avoid a disputed succession to the throne, a ruler with no born-to heir could [[adopt]] a male of any age from another branch of the ruling fa
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  • ...werful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas. ...custom, to avoid a disputed succession to the throne, a ruler with no born-to heir could [[adopt]] a male of any age from another branch of the ruling fa
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  • ...werful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas. ...custom, to avoid a disputed succession to the throne, a ruler with no born-to heir could [[adopt]] a male of any age from another branch of the ruling fa
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  • ...eigned for a short time but also had no children and the succession passed to his nephew, Tokatake, but without him being [[adopted]]. [[Category: Nationality or Citizenship]]
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  • ...werful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas. ...custom, to avoid a disputed succession to the throne, a ruler with no born-to heir could [[adopt]] a male of any age from another branch of the ruling fa
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  • ...werful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas. ...custom, to avoid a disputed succession to the throne, a ruler with no born-to heir could [[adopt]] a male of any age from another branch of the ruling fa
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  • ...werful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas. ...custom, to avoid a disputed succession to the throne, a ruler with no born-to heir could [[adopt]] a male of any age from another branch of the ruling fa
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  • ...werful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas. ...custom, to avoid a disputed succession to the throne, a ruler with no born-to heir could [[adopt]] a male of any age from another branch of the ruling fa
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  • ...werful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas. ...custom, to avoid a disputed succession to the throne, a ruler with no born-to heir could [[adopt]] a male of any age from another branch of the ruling fa
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  • ...werful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas. ...custom, to avoid a disputed succession to the throne, a ruler with no born-to heir could [[adopt]] a male of any age from another branch of the ruling fa
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  • ...werful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas. ...custom, to avoid a disputed succession to the throne, a ruler with no born-to heir could [[adopt]] a male of any age from another branch of the ruling fa
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  • ...werful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas. ...custom, to avoid a disputed succession to the throne, a ruler with no born-to heir could [[adopt]] a male of any age from another branch of the ruling fa
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  • ...werful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas. ...custom, to avoid a disputed succession to the throne, a ruler with no born-to heir could [[adopt]] a male of any age from another branch of the ruling fa
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  • ...rish-Maori) and Herbert Williams (Welsh), but soon afterwards he was given to his mother's sister and her husband as a [[Tamaiti Whangai|tamaiti whangai] ...ion which argued that the only way for Maori to survive and "progress" was to [[adopt]] as far as possible a European way of life, while retaining the mo
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  • ...'s ward, and was educated by him in St. Louis. When he grew up he returned to the frontier life, but in 1823 he met Prince Paul Wilhelm of Württemberg, ...ornia]] Gold Rush, but was unsuccessful in prospecting and died on his way to new gold fields in [[Montana]].
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  • ...of Latter-day Saints]] and in 1894 his grandparents went to Salt Lake City to do genealogical recording in the Temple, taking many [[Extended Family|exte ...in [[New Zealand]] rectified their status in the Church and they returned to Salt Lake City.
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  • ...nt Te Whakatohea families, the sixth of their seven children. He was given to chief Paora Kingi Maraenui as a [[Tamaiti Whangai|tamaiti whangai]] and rai ...he chief died Delamere was raised by other relatives. In 1905 he left home to become an agricultural worker, boat builder and coastal shipping trader. He
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  • ...nd in 1988 joined the Waitangi Tribunal, which mostly hears cases relating to Maori land and civil rights. He was then appointed head of the Iwi Transiti [[Category: Customary or Traditional Adoption, Informal and Extra-Legal Care]]
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  • ...om saw his birth family. When Harirota died in the mid-90s he was returned to his birth family. ...ne in the [[New Zealand]] Department of Health in 1927. He was posted back to the Cook Islands in 1931 and stayed there for 14 years as chief medical off
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