'I guess they couldn't afford me...' 10 celebrities you probably didn't know were adopted

Around 135,000 children are adopted every year in the United States alone. For many people, family is something that runs much deeper than blood and the same can be said for the following celebrities. Did you know these 10 stars were adopted?

Socialite Nicole Richie has a pretty famous pair of adoptive parents, singer Lionel Richie and Brenda Richie. Nicole’s birth parents, Karen Moss and Peter Michael Escovedo, were having financial issues and Lionel, a family friend, offered to take Nicole under his wing when she was four years old, officially adopting her just five years later.

'Nomadland' actress Frances McDormand was adopted at just one years old by Noreen and Vernon McDonald. Frances was one of three kids adopted by the pair, and they fostered many more. Frances has continued the legacy, adopting a child of her own, Pedro, with husband Joel Coen. Frances has referred to her birth mother as “white trash".

DJ Sonny John Moore, also known as Skrillex, didn’t know he was adopted until he was a teenager. He shared with Vice that growing up, he was told that his birth mother was a friend of the family and after finding out the truth, he fled to Georgia to join a band. Though the news took a toll on Skrillex’s relationship with his parents, they eventually reconciled.

'Jersey Shore' star Nicole Polizzi, more commonly known as Snooki, was adopted when she was only six months old by Italian-American parents Andy and Helen Polizzi. After doing some searching, Snooki learned that she is one of several siblings’ ties to her birth parents. She has stated that she is open to the idea of flying to Chile to meet her birth parents in the future.

Comedian Keegan-Michael Key spoke about his adoption journey on the 'You Made it Weird' podcast hosted by Pete Holmes that he considered himself to have “a lot of parents". After being adopted as an infant, his parents divorced, bringing a stepmother into his life. Then, 25 years after his adoption, Keegan was able to reunite with his birth mother.

'Goodfellas' actor Ray Liotta shared with The Guardian newspaper that he “was really grateful that I was adopted". As an adult, Ray found his birth mother and after speaking with her, could understand her reasons for putting him up for adoption. He said: "Almost 99% of kids that are put up for adoption, it's for the betterment of the kid … The household, the situation, the age just dictate that's the best thing to do for the child.”

'The Shining' actor Jack Nicholson didn’t learn about his adoption until he was 37 years old, many years after the passing of his adoptive mother and grandmother. Jack’s birth mother was only 17 when she gave birth to him and asked her parents to legally adopt and raise him. Speaking on the situation, Jack stated, “I'd say it was a pretty dramatic event, but it wasn't what I'd call traumatizing ... it made quite a few things clearer to me. If anything, I felt grateful.”

Country singer Faith Hill was adopted by Edna and Ted Perry after being born to a painter, which helped her explain why she felt like an outsider in her family. Faith’s parents told her that she has been put up for adoption after her birth mother had an affair. She later learned this was not the truth and that the real reason was an inability to care for her at the time. Faith’s birth parents later got married and had another child together.

Canadian singer/songwriter Sarah McLachlan was given up for adoption by her mother, a 19-year-old artist, when she was an infant. Sarah didn't learn that she was adopted until she was nine. She views her adoptive parents, Jack and Dorice McLachlan, as her true parents. Even after being introduced to her biological mother, Sarah said: "When I think about my mother who raised me, you know, she's my mother.”

Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe was thrown around the foster care system until the age of 11 after being given up by her mentally ill mother. Her birth mother refused to sign adoption papers for Marilyn, despite many couples being interested. She eventually moved in with her mother's best friend and her great-aunt before getting married at just 16 to James Dougherty, her neighbor.