US Politicians (and Presidents) and the Adoption Connection

Marcie — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:29:05 +0000

Despite what views our society has traditionally had on orphans and adoption I am hoping that times will change and our children won’t be referred to as orphans (because statistically I believe that most are not actually orphans and because the connotation stinks).

However, if one looks at this fabulous list of adoptees, adoptive parents, and, yes, orphans, one will see that no matter where they came from or whom they were raised by, they are extraordinary people.

Is that nature vs. nurture?

Adoptees

Michae l Reagan (Ronald Reagan’s Son)

Nancy Reagan (First Lady- step-parent adoption)

Gerald Ford (step-parent adoption)

Eleanor Roosevelt (raised by grandmother)

William Clinton (step-parent adoption)

Herbert Hoover (raised by uncles)

Andrew Jackson (lost parents at 14, no adoption)

Adoptive Parents

Ronald Reagan

Famous Politicians

Jesse Jackson