Michael Bay American Film Director and Producer, Michael Benjamin Bay, was born in Los Angeles, California on February 17, 1965. When he was a small baby he was adopted by Jim and Harriet Bay. His adoptive father was an accountant and his adoptive mother was a bookstore owner/ child psychiatrist. It has not been proven, [...]

“He’s just perfect, I can’t even describe him any other way.” –Sandra Bullock, speaking of her son, Louis

We are sitting in our living room watching The Ten Commandments.   I’ve been thinking about Moses, and the fact that he’s adopted…so many people are, aren’t they? It’s hard to sit here with my David and watch Moses get adopted by the Pharoah’s daughter under the worst of circumstances.  Moses grows up loved, cared for, [...]

Merry Christmas, and Happy Birthday to the Western World’s most famous adoptee, Jesus. This blog, of course, is named after Jesus’ adopted father, Joseph.  Joseph was there when his son was born, just like I was there when my son was born.  Joseph watched out for the baby’s mother and made sure she had what [...]

Famous Adoptees: Alexander the Great   In the ancient world a king could expand his holdings in several ways. He could marry into the ruling family of another country; he could offer ‘protection’ to smaller states; he could simply overrun the territory and claim it as his own. But one of the more creative methods [...]

I hope I’m not undoing any good that this news story has done.  I couldn’t help but notice that in this article about Connor Cruise, the14-year-old  son of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, there was no mention made of Connor being Tom and Nicole’s “adopted son.” I’ve seen so many articles that insist on mentioning [...]

Image courtesy of US Magazine This story has been going on for quite a while, but it seems to be drawing to close.  A Malawi Supreme Court Judge has approved Madonna’s application to adopt 3-year-old Chifundo “Mercy” James.    The problem had to do with a residency law that said that to adopt a Malawian [...]

Aristotle is one of the most important philsophers in the history of civilization.  He lived from 384-322 BC.  His father was the physician to Athenian King Amyntas II, but both of his parents died while he was very young.  He was adopted by Proxenas, who then sent him to the Academy, Plato’s school of philosophy [...]