8 Filipino Celebrities You Didn’t Know Were Adopted

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1.) Ai-ai delas Alas

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Ai-ai delas Alas, a comedienne and star of major motion pictures, was given up for adoption due to poverty and her parents' divorce.

The fact that she had been adopted by her single aunt, Justa delas Alas, was never kept a secret from delas Alas.

2.) Mark Herras

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Actor Mark Herras, who has appeared in both television and cinema, claims that his father abandoned him and his mother when he was just five years old.

His gay foster parents Herminigildo "Papa Pim" Santos and Daddy Jun Herras were never a source of embarrassment for him. Tragically, they both went away in 2016 and 2014, respectively.

Jasmin Santos, Herras' biological mother, also passed away in 2016.

3.) Angeline Quinto

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After her mother's terrible relationship with her father, the talented vocalist Angeline Quinto was entrusted to her aunt for adoption.

Angeline's aunt Sylvia "Mama Bob" Quinto offered to raise the singer-actress as her own after persuading Angeline's mother not to have the abortion.

4.) Jennylyn Mercado

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Jennylyn Mercado, a singer and actress, was only six months old when her true parents abandoned her. Her adoptive mother, Mommy Lydia, who claimed to be a distant relative of the actress' original mother, reared her on her own.

Mercado has since reconnected with her biological parents, Noli Pineda and Jinkee, on separate occasions.

5.) Dr. Vicky Belo

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Vicki Belo, a well-known businesswoman, was made fun of as a youngster for being given away because she was big and unattractive. This became the cornerstone of her ambition to establish a dermatological and cosmetic clinic business.

Enrique Belo and Nena Gonzales, who were her adoptive parents and the sister of her real mother, raised Belo as an only child.

6.) Angelica Panganiban

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Angelica Panganiban, a young comedienne and actress, has long wondered why she did not resemble her siblings or parents. The beloved actress from the popular romantic movie "That Thing Called Tadhana" suspected she might be adopted but didn't learn for sure until back in 2010.

Melania Panganiban, Panganiban's adopted mother, responded to Panganiban's queries. The actress could get all the pictures and information about her real identity that she needed from Mrs. Panganiban.

7.) Lotlot De Leon

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Lotlot de Leon, a well-known actress from the 1980s, was always aware that she had been adopted because people kept referring to her as "ampon ni Nora."

Lotlot was adopted by the Superstar and her ex-husband Christopher de Leon through Nora Aunor's mother.

Donald Olson and Eva Rodriguez are Lotlot de Leon's natural parents.

8.) Jobert Austria

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Jobert Austria's mother said in an interview that she was the one who immediately adopted her child after giving birth. Austria began to accuse his mother of making the choice.

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