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Celebs Who Discovered Parents Later in Life: Mariska Hargitay, More
Discover how stars like Mariska Hargitay, Orlando Bloom and Liv Tyler uncovered shocking truths about their biological parents later in life
In the case of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star Hargitay, she learned as an adult that her late mother, Jayne Mansfield, had a secret fling that resulted in her birth. Initially, Liv’s mother, model Bebe Buell, led her to believe that another rock legend, Todd Rundgren, was her biological father because of her fear over Steven’s admitted drug use in the late 1970s. The country music icon grew up believing her mother’s first husband, Michael Ciminella, was her biological father but learned in her 30s that she was conceived during Naomi’s brief fling with another man, Charles Jordan.
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