Actually, Monroe was never officially adopted. This buxom beauty was born Norma Jeane Baker to Gladys Baker, who was mentally unstable, and she lived with foster parents foster parents Albert and Ida Bolender until she was seven. Her mother took her back, but had a mental breakdown after just a few months. She spent the rest of her childhood living with friends of her mother, with aunts, at orphanages, and in foster homes. Several people tried to adopt her, but her mother was reluctant to give up her rights. At points, she lived back with her mother and an abusive step-father, and eventually married a boyfriend at age 16 to avoid going back into the system, since her mother wouldn’t allow an adoption.
