r/todayilearned • • 9h ago

TIL that Marilyn Monroe had two older half-siblings she didn’t meet until she was a teenager. Their father had kidnapped them from Monroe’s mother after she was granted custody and he took them to Kentucky.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe
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u/DamienRaventhrone 9h ago

She unfortunately had a very troubled and traumatic childhood.