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Born into poverty in the Philippines, the Black Eyed Peas singer always knew life would take him down a different path, but he never knew just how different. At age 14, he was brought to the United States thanks to an American sponsor named Joe Ben Hudgens. Hudgens brought him overseas to give him a new life and eventually legally adopted the star.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Even Eleanor Roosevelt has a history with the adoption system. The First Lady was only 10 years old when she joined her two younger brothers who were put into the care of Mary Ludlow Hall, their grandmother. They moved to Manhattan, New York to live with her after their mother died of diphtheria and her father passed two years later.