MEET OSCAR MAXIMILLIAN,SON OF HUGH JACKMAN
Submitted by blackcelebritykids on February 23, 2008 at 6:34 pm 13 Comments
X-men actor Hugh Jackman,wife,and two adopted children Oscar Maximillian, 7 1/2, and Ava Eliot, 2 1/2, were in Rose bay,Sydney this weekend. Many people are curious as to the ethnicity of Hugh’s older child,Oscar Maximillian.In an interview with magazine New Idea,Hugh says the following about the ethnicity of his children:
Oscar is a bit of everything - African-American, Caucasian, Hawaiian and Cherokee. We specifically requested a bi-racial child because there was more of a need. People will wait 18 months to adopt a little blonde girl; meanwhile, bi-racial children are turned away. The same was true for Ava, she’s half Mexican, half German.
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i thought his kids are aborigianl australians. So he adopted in US? They are 1/2 mec 1/2 germans in Aussie?
There’s something about Hugh Jackman that I really like.
Typical do gooder. There are quite a few white Aussie kids that need adoption but they don’t have the same media cachet & PR appeal.
‘we specifically requested a bi-racial child’. Oh my look at our do gooding credentials. We’re so right on. Morons.
At least someone one is adopting children of mixed race.
Adopting outside of ones own race is no better than those that adopt of their same race. So is it racist or something if a couple adopts kids only of a certain race. You know part of the reason why people adopt kids of the same race as them, is so the adopted dont become confused and such and some parents dont want them to know they were adopted. Then of course some adoptive parents dont want to be reminded that they are really not their kids. So STOP with all the BS on how adopting outside of owns race is better.
why can’t the simple act of adopting a child be good enough? why does he have to be scrutinized for the line “specifically requested adopting a biracial child” because you know reality is these kids end up on the street and oh my gosh someone actually does the right thing and makes a request for a child of mixed race. read The Color of Water… maybe that will enlighten you.
at least these kids can grow up and say my mom and dad wanted me.. they didn’t get stuck with me.
and calling him a moron? really geez people are doing good things and they are still a moron? some world, some world…
and i don’t know where hugh says adopting out of his own race is better, racist, or makes him a better person?
amazing how syntax can be changed and manipulated to what people what to hear… again, some worllllld
You are absolutely right, Jennifer. At least someone is talking sense here. What’s the big deal about adopting a bi-racial child? Why does people take offense in that? Does it make you a better person than Hugh Jackman to say these nasty words about his actions and words? Is it not good enough that someone gave these two kids a name, a home and a family and some love that they couldn’t have experienced had not jack and his wife adopted them??? That’s the problem with our world today. You can not just do a simple good deed and get away with it. Other people would always try and question your intentions, no matter how noble they are. Why complicate a simple and noble act and intention? Let us just be happy for these couple and these kids.
totally agree with jennifer. From the abundance of the heart comes out our words…amazing how something good can become a bad thing for some people….just amazing
I really liked this guy before I even knew his heart now I know why, thank you Hugh and may God continue to bless you.
My daughter and son-in-law are adopting a mixed-race child. They had had a miscarriage and fertility treatments did not work. They had been foster parents for 2 years, and the boy was put back with his mother. (He was also bi-racial, and our whole family loves him like he’s ours and still stay in contact with him.)
When applying for adoption, they did not request a certain color of child. The one who became available is biracial, beautiful, and our grandchild as much as if she had my daughter’s eyes and my son-in-law’s chin. I cannot imagine why the race (of someone ELSE’S adopted child) should upset anyone.
There is a long waiting list for white newborns. Meanwhile, non-white babies and older children of any race are waiting for homes. My daughter and son-in-law had room in their home and in their hearts for any child who needed them. And they knew that both their families did too.
I definitely agree with Jennifer’s comment. The act of adopting a child, regardless of race, is something that should certainly be commended. Come on, do you guys really think that someone would adopt a child for the sole reason of satisfying their image?! That accusation is ludicrous!!
Hughs wife looks so much older than him..
I was thinking the same as one of the posters. I thought his children were aboriginy seeing that he is from Australia…Haha!!What he said is absolutely right though, there isn’t very many Caucasian children needing to be adopted, not to mention you would have a lengthy wait. With that said, either way if there is a child in need of a home it shouldn’t matter what ethnicity they are. Open up your home & give any child a family.