Emma Thompson's adopted refugee son graduates college with honors


	Emma Thompson's adopted refugee son graduates college with honors

Lexica

7-23-2009 6:57 PM

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family, education, pride, refugees, adoption

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The photo shows actress Emma Thompson with her husband Greg Wise, mother and fellow actress Phyllida Law, daughter Gaia, and son Tindyebwa Agaba, whom Thompson and Wise adopted six years ago and who has just graduated from Exeter University with a degree in politics.

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7-23-2009 10:04 PM

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