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POSTED ON DECEMBER 2, 2009:

Star Sightings

Throughout the month of November, UTW provided readers with different tales of adoption families and services throughout Tulsa. From ways to adopt quickly to looking through the eyes of a birth mother, there are various ways to look at adoption and its process. For more information on adoption, please contact Jane Eneff at DHS at 581-2552.

Now, we were curious to know how well you all might know who was adopted amongst the famous and infamous. Check out these celebrities and history-makers as we conclude our adoption awareness series.

Famous people who were adopted:

Faith Daniels -- TV personality

Eric Dickerson -- Professional football player

Marilyn Monroe -- actress

Nancy Reagan -- First Lady

Michael Reagan -- Son of Ronald Reagan

Dave Thomas -- Founder of Wendy's

Tom Monaghan - Founder of Domino's Pizza

Babe Ruth -- baseball player

Johann Sebastian Bach -- German composer

Augustus Caesar -- Roman emperor

George Washington Carver -- chemist and educator

Scott Hamilton -- U.S. figure skater and gold medalist

Steve Jobs -- co-founder of Apple

Little Richard -- musician

Moses -- Jewish prophet

Jack Nicholson -- actor

Jim Palmer -- athlete and baseball commentator

Faith Hill - singer

Malcolm X -- activist

Jamie Foxx -- actor/singer

Melissa Gilbert - actress

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