Famous Celebrities You Had No Idea Were Adopted

Ingrid Bergman

Ingrid Bergman is one of Hollywood's most famous classic film stars, but there was a tragedy in her past. She lost her mother only three days after her birth and was raised solely by her dad. Justus Bergman, her father, cared for his daughter until he too passed away when she was just a 12-year-old girl. From there, Ingrid traveled between her various aunts or uncle's homes until she made it as a big-time actress. 

Eartha Kitt

Born in 1927 on a South Carolina cotton farm, Eartha was raised by a woman who she believed was her mother named Anna Mae Riley. She eventually went to live in NYC with Anna Mae's sister, who she believed was her aunt, Mamie Kitt. This turned out to be her biological mother. Her father remains a mystery. She only knows that he was white and owned the farm Mamie had worked on. 

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.