Stars Who Had Babies And Put Them Up For Adoption

Giving a child up for adoption is no easy decision. In fact, it’s probably one of the most painful acts a parent can make. In the following article you will see famous moms and dads who made the difficult choice to give their child up for adoption.

Roseanne Barr

Roseanne had a child at 17, Brandi Brown, that she gave up for adoption. The two would later reunite and Brown would actually work on the TV show "Roseanne."

Rod Stewart

In 1963, Stewart had a daughter with his girlfriend, Suzannah Boffey whom they put up for adoption. This daughter, Sarah Streeter, would later reunite with her parents.

Kate Mulgrew

The Orange is the New Black actress was 21 when she gave her daughter up for adoption. She once told The Star News "I wouldn't trade the experience. I also wouldn't repeat it. It's a lingering pain, a pain that will always be there." The mother/daughter reunited in 2011.

Clark Gable

Gable had an affair in 1935 that produced a daughter. The mother gave the child up, but would go back and adopt her own daughter 19 months later. Gable never acknowledged this child.

Andy Kaufman

Kaufman had a daughter, Maria Bellu-Colonna, with his high school girlfriend. She was put up for adoption. Maria discovered Kaufman was her father while doing research on her family, but unfortunately, he had passed away.

David Crosby

Crosby had a son in 1962, who was put up for adoption. He would reunite with this son, James Raymond, and the two actually played together on an album.

Dog the Bounty Hunter

Debbie White, Dog the Bounty Hunter's girlfriend, had a child and put him put him for adoption without ever telling Dog she was pregnant. White committed suicide and Dog didn't know about this son until they met many years later.

Joni Mitchell

At the age of 21, folk singer, Joni Mitchell, became pregnant. She was financially unstable and didn't want her parents to find out so she gave up her baby girl for adoption. She went public many years later in her quest to find her daughter, and the two shared a joyous reunion in 2001.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger fathered an illegitimate child with his housekeeper Mildred Baena while he was still married to Maria Shriver. His son Joseph believed that Mildred's husband was his biological father. It took 13 years before Arnold would recognize his to his son.

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