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Some have blended families of both adopted and biological kids, like Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.
Families come in all different shapes, sizes, and colors.
Famously, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt (until their divorce) were the gold standard of blended families: six kids from four different countries; four adopted and three biological.
But many other familiar faces have welcomed adopted kids into their homes, like Jamie Lee Curtis, Sandra Bullock, and Hoda Kotb.
Whether their families consist solely of adopted children or are a blend of biological and adopted kids, keep scrolling to see which 27 celebs chose to adopt.
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Sia adopted two 18-year-old boys who were aging out of foster care in 2019.
Sia.
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Ex-spouses Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman adopted two children, Connor and Isabella, during their marriage.
Kidman and Cruise with their children Connor and Isabella.
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Sandra Bullock adopted her son Louis amidst her divorce from Jesse James, and five years later adopted daughter Laila.
Sandra Bullock.
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Hugh Jackman and his wife, Deborra-Lee Furness, adopted their son, Oscar, and daughter, Ava, after struggles with fertility.
The family spending time in Disney World.
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Jillian Michaels adopted her daughter from Haiti the same month her then-fiancée gave birth to their daughter.
Jillian Michaels and daughter Lukensia.
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Madonna has four adopted kids: David Banda, Mercy James, and twins Stella and Estere.
Madonna and one of her sons, David.
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Connie Britton adopted her son Yoby from Ethiopia in 2011.
Connie Britton.
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Julie Andrews and her husband adopted two Vietnamese orphans in the '70s.
Andrews also has a biological daughter, Emma.
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Viola Davis and her husband, Julius Tennon, adopted their daughter, Genesis, when she was a baby in 2011.
Davis and her daughter Genesis in 2017.
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Hoda Kotb adopted both of her daughters after her fight with breast cancer left her unable to have children.
Hoda Kotb.
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Emma Thompson and her husband informally adopted a former child soldier from Rwanda when he was 16.
Emma Thompson and her son Tindyebwa Agaba.
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Kristin Davis has an adopted son and daughter.
Kristin Davis.
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Exes Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have a large brood, including their three adopted children Maddox, Pax, and Zahara.
The Jolie-Pitt family.
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Katherine Heigl and husband Josh Kelley adopted their daughters Naleigh and Adelaide.
Katherine Heigl and her husband Josh Kelley.
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Lionel Richie took in Nicole when she was 4 and officially adopted her at age 9.
Lionel and Nicole Richie.
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Charlize Theron has two adopted children, Jackson and August.
Theron hails from South Africa.
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Sheryl Crow adopted her two sons, Wyatt and Levi.
Crow and her son, Wyatt.
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Calista Flockhart adopted her son Liam shortly before meeting now-husband Harrison Ford.
Actors Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart.
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Sharon Stone has three adopted sons, one of whom she shares custody of with her ex-husband.
Stone and her son, Laird.
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Nia Vardalos and her then-husband adopted their daughter after fertility issues.
Nia Vardalos.
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Mariska Hargitay and Peter Hermann adopted two kids after Hargitay had a difficult pregnancy and emergency C-section.
Mariska Hargitay and Peter Hermann.
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Jamie Lee Curtis and her husband, Christopher Guest, adopted their two kids nine years apart.
Curtis and her daughter Annie.
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Frances McDormand and Joel Coen adopted their son Pedro from Paraguay.
McDormand and her son Pedro.
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Cate Blanchett and her husband adopted a daughter in 2015. The couple also have three biological sons.
Cate Blanchett.
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Diane Keaton became a mother at 50 when she adopted her daughter Dexter and son Duke.
Duke, Keaton, and Dexter.
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Meg Ryan adopted her daughter Daisy from China in 2006.
Ryan also had an adult son, Jack, with ex-husband Dennis Quaid.
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Thomas Rhett and wife Lauren Akins adopted their daughter Willa, and soon after announced that Lauren was also pregnant.
Thomas Rhett, Lauren Akins, Willa, and Ada.
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