George Lopez
When George Lopez was two months old, his father walked out on him and his family. Ten years later, his mother followed that lead and abandoned her son. His maternal grandmother, Benita Gutierrez, cared for the ten-year-old comedian. He was raised in Los Angeles with Gutierrez and her husband, Refugio, where he ultimately found career success.
Andy Dick
Born in Charleston and adopted at birth, the comedian was raised by a married couple, Allen and Sue Dick. He lived for 40 years before meeting his birth parents, who gave him up due to being unwed and not ready for children. "There was a book about adoption called The Primal Wound. The first sentence says, just so you know, you have a primal wound that will never heal," Dick told Hollywood News. "I closed the book and never read it."