Phyllis Ann Beery

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Phyllis was the adopted daughter of actor Wallace Beery.

Wikipedia
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second marriage and adoption
On August 4, 1924, Beery married actress Rita Gilman (née Mary Areta Gilman; 1898–1986) in Los Angeles.[16] The couple adopted Carol Ann Priester (1930–2013), daughter of Rita Beery's mother's half-sister, Juanita Priester (née Caplinger; 1899–1931) and her husband, Erwin William Priester (1897–1969). After 14 years of marriage, Rita filed for divorce on May 1, 1939, in Carson City, Ormsby County, Nevada. Within 20 minutes of filing, she won the decree. Rita remarried 15 days later, on May 16, 1939, to Jessen Albert D. Foyt (1907–1945), filing her marriage license with the same county clerk in Carson City.

Second adoption
Around December 1939, Beery, recently divorced, adopted a seven-month-old girl, Phyllis Ann Beery.[20] Phyllis appeared in MGM publicity photos when adopted, but was never mentioned again.[21] Beery told the press he had taken the girl in from a single mother, recently divorced, but he had filed no official adoption papers.[22]

Janet Milburn
Wallace Fitzgerald Beery is our 13th cousin thrice removed.